Colossians 3:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-17

The true Christian life. From above only can we be raised. There is no salvation in mere antipathy. Disgust at the vanities of life, repulsion from earthly things, will of itself never lift us beyond them; it needs the superior influence of heavenly things to do that. This the Colossian errorists did not rightly understand; or they could not have made ceremonial purifications and bodily austerities the way of holiness, the means of reaching spiritual perfection. "Touch not, taste not" ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:2-3

Heavenly things the true object of Christian contemplation. "Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth; for ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God." We must not only seek things above, but think them. I. THE OBJECT OF CHRISTIAN CONTEMPLATION . 1 . Not things upon the earth, because 2 . " Things there are above." (See hints on previous verse.) We ought to set our mind upon them, because II. THE DUTY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:3

For ye died, and your life is hid, with Christ, in God ( Colossians 2:11-13 , Colossians 2:20 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Philippians 3:20 ; Romans 6:1-14 ; Romans 7:1-6 ; 2 Corinthians 5:14 , 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; Galatians 2:20 ; 1 Corinthians 3:23 ; John 15:5 ; John 12:26 ; Revelation 3:21 ). In this hidden life of the Christian lies the ground and the spring of the more outward life of thought and endeavour of Colossians 3:1 , Colossians 3:2 . And this life comes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:3

The hidden life. After Christ died he was seen no more by the world. It is true that for forty days he appeared repeatedly on earth, but only to his own disciples. The world never saw him after the stone was rolled against the entrance of the sepulchre in Joseph's garden on the night of the Crucifixion. And soon he ascended to heaven to be with God, and was no longer visible even to his own followers. But he will come again, when "every eye shall behold him." Now, a similar experience is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:3

For ye are dead - Dead to the world; dead to sin; dead to earthly pleasures. On the meaning of the word “dead,” see the Romans 6:2 note; Ephesians 2:1 note. The idea of the apostle is, that as Christ became literally dead in the tomb, so we, in virtue of our connection with him, have become dead to sin, to worldly influences, pleasures, and ambition. Or, in other words, we are to be to them as if we were dead, and they had no more influence over us than the things of earth had over him in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:3-4

Colossians 3:3-4. For ye are dead As to sin, so to the world and all earthly things, and that both by profession as Christians, and by an indispensable obligation laid upon you by Him whose laws you have engaged to observe. Yea, and you have solemnly promised and covenanted with him, at least at your baptism, to renounce the pomps and vanities of this evil world, to conduct yourselves as strangers and pilgrims on earth, and to seek a better country, even a heavenly. You are also dead in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

Christian freedom in practice (2:16-3:4)In view of the freedom that Christ has won for them, the Colossian believers must not listen to those who try to force them to obey the rules and regulations of the Israelite law. Practices taught in the law may be compared to shadows. They are not solid or permanent, but their existence enables the viewer to know that there is some real object that casts the shadows. That real object is Jesus Christ. Now that he has come, the shadows are of no further... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 3:3

are dead = died. life. App-170 . is = has been. hid . i.e. laid up (in store). Compare Matthew 13:55 . with . App-104 . in. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 3:3

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.Ye died ... your life is hid ... See Barclay's comment on this under Colossians 3:1. Also see comment by Bruce.When Christ ... shall be manifested ... Each of the significant clauses in this verse is actually related to the thought of the Christian's life being "hid with Christ." True it is hidden now, but at the Second Advent, when the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 3:3

Colossians 3:3. For ye are dead, &c.— "For ye are, by profession and obligation, and all true believers really are, by communion with Christ in his death, dead in your hearts and affections as to the Mosaic law, and crucified with Christ to sin and the world; so as not to seek your portion, and place your happiness, in earthly things: and all the entertainments and enjoyments of your spiritual life are maintained, and carried on, in secret transactions between God and your own souls, by... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:3-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 3:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 3:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 3:3

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