골로새서 3:11-12 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-11

Mortification after death. Paul, having spoken of our death to earthly things and of our heavenly life, speaks next of mortification as succeeding death. It seems at first sight strange, yet, when analyzed, it is seen to convey most important truth. To quote from Coder's 'Etudes Bibliques:' "When this apostle [Paul] wishes to teach us how one may attempt to die to sin and to live to God, see how he expresses himself: 'Reckon that you are dead to sin and living unto God in Jesus Christ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-11

Dying before rising. There is an alternating between dying and rising. Having carried out the idea of rising, the apostle goes back to the idea of dying; and, before this paragraph is concluded, he goes back to the idea of rising. I. MORTIFYING OF OUR MEMBERS WITH REFERENCE TO TWO SINS . "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth." It is not a ground of condemnation that our members are upon the earth. The idea is simply the members through which we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-11

Death to evil. The central thought around which the strange and striking ideas of these sentences gather is "Death to evil." St. Paul exhorts us to put evil to death, to make a corpse of it. Here we have truly "Mors janua vitae." We inquire— I. IN WHAT THIS DEATH CONSISTS . "Put to death your members which are upon the earth." The meaning seems to be the same as Christ's command, "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out," etc. Neither Christ's nor Paul's injunction can mean... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:8-11

The new life in Christ the death warrant to old sins. The apostle still employs the most powerful motives possible in his exhortations to personal holiness. His figures and illustrations vary ("Ye died; ye were raised with Christ; therefore put your sins to death." "Ye put off your old nature and put on a new nature; therefore put away your old sins" ) . I. OLD SINS TO BE PUT AWAY . From the sins of the flesh Paul passes on to sins of the spirit and the tongue. There... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

Where there is (or, can be ) no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman ( Galatians 3:28 ; Galatians 6:15 ; Ephesians 2:14-18 ; Ephesians 4:25 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; Romans 15:5-12 ; Philemon 1:15 , Philemon 1:16 ; John 17:20-23 ; Luke 22:24-27 ; John 13:12-17 ). That ἔνι means "can be," "negativing, not merely the fact, but the possibility," is doubtful in view of 1 Corinthians 6:5 (Revised Text). "In Christ"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

All distinctions obliterated in Christ. "Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman: but Christ is all, and in all." The old distinctions which separated man from man can have no existence in the new spiritual life. I. NATIONAL DISTINCTIONS ARE ABOLISHED IN CHRIST . "Greek and Jew." The peculiar privilege of Abraham's natural seed is gone. Mercy is shown on exactly similar terms to Jew and to Gentile. Thus is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12

Put on, therefore, as elect of God, holy, [and] beloved ( Colossians 3:9 , Colossians 3:14 ; Ephesians 4:24 ; Ephesians 1:3-5 ; Galatians 3:27 ; Romans 13:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:4 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; Titus 1:1 ; Romans 8:28-39 ; 1 Peter 1:1 , 1 Peter 1:2 ; 1 John 3:1 ). The terms "elect," "holy" (same as "saints," Colossians 1:2 ; see note), "beloved," apply alike and separately to those addressed. Bengel, Meyer, Alford, Ellicott... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12-13

The Christian's wardrobe. The apostle, having bidden the Colossian converts strip off the filthy rags of their old life, takes them into the Christian's wardrobe and shows them some of the robes of righteousness, the beauties of holiness, the jewels of grace, with which they may decorate themselves. These are the only priestly vestments in which God's "royal priesthood" may appear "glorious in the eyes of the Lord." Nor should we ever dare present ourselves before the Lord unless we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12-14

The duty of putting on all the characteristic qualities of the new man. We must not only "cease to do evil" in putting off the old man, we "must learn to do well." "Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long suffering." I. THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN POSITION . "As God's elect, holy and beloved." They are chosen unto holiness that they should be without blame before him in love" ( Ephesians 1:4 ). The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12-17

The new life of love. We have turned over a new leaf, so to speak, in these verses. The old life we have to mortify gives place to a new life of love which we have to develop. Now, the moment we speak of love, we are brought into relations with others. It is the social Christian life, therefore, of which Paul here speaks. As already seen, he is aiming at the unity of the Church. Here we have the means by which it is secured. Let us briefly analyze this life of love. I. IT HAS A... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:12-17

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