Colossians 3:5-10 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another .... Which is another vice of the tongue, and to which mankind are very prone, and ought not to be done to any, and particularly to one another; since the saints are members one of another, and of the same body, which makes the sin the more unnatural; of this vice; see Gill on Ephesians 4:25 , and is another sin that is to be put off, or put away; that is to be abstained from, and not used. The arguments dissuading from this, and the rest, follow, seeing that ye... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:10

And have put on the new man ,.... Concerning which, and the putting it on; see Gill on Ephesians 4:24 , which is renewed in knowledge ; this man, or principle of grace in the soul, is a new one, which never was there before; and there is a daily renovation of it in the spirit of the mind, by the Spirit of God; for as the outward man decays, the inward man, which is the same with this new man, is renewed day by day, increases in holiness and righteousness, grows in grace, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:5

Mortify, therefore, you members - Νεκρωσατε· Put them to death: the verb is used metaphorically to signify, to deprive a thing of its power, to destroy its strength. Use no member of your body to sin against God; keep all under dominion; and never permit the beast to run away with the man. To gratify any sensual appetite is to give it the very food and nourishment by which it lives, thrives, and is active. However the body may suffer by excessive sensual indulgences, the appetite increases... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:6

The wrath of God cometh - God is angry with such persons, and he inflicts on them the punishment which they deserve. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:7

In the which ye also walked sometime - When ye were in your unconverted state, ye served divers lusts and pleasures. See on Romans 7:5 ; (note), and Ephesians 2:2 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:8

But now ye also put on all these - See on Ephesians 4:22 ; (note). Being now converted, sin had no more dominion over them. Anger, wrath, etc - They had not only lived in the evils mentioned Colossians 3:5 , but also in those enumerated here; and they had not only laid aside the former, but they had laid aside the latter also. They retained no bosom, no easily besetting, sin. They were risen with Christ, and they sought the things which were above. Blasphemy - The word seems here... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another - Do not deceive each other; speak the truth in all your dealings; do not say, "My goods are so and so," when you know them to be otherwise; do not undervalue the goods of your neighbor, when your conscience tells you that you are not speaking the truth. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but afterwards he boasteth; i.e. he underrates his neighbour's property till he gets him persuaded to part with it for less than its worth; and when he has thus got it, he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:10

And have put on the new man - See on Romans 12:1-2 ; (note). Is renewed in knowledge - Ignorance was the grand characteristic of the heathen state; Knowledge, of the Christian. The utmost to which heathenism could pretend was a certain knowledge of nature. How far this went, and how much it fell short of the truth, may be seen in the writings of Aristotle and Pliny. Christianity reveals God himself, the author of nature; or, rather, God has revealed himself, in the Christian system... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:5

Verse 5 5.Mortify therefore. Hitherto he has been speaking of contempt of the world. He now proceeds further, and enters upon a higher philosophy, as to the mortification of the flesh. That this may be the better understood, let us take notice that there is a twofold mortification. The former relates to those things that are around us. Of this he has hitherto treated. The other is inward — that of the understanding and will, and of the whole of our corrupt nature. He makes mention of certain... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:6

Verse 6 6.On account of which things the wrath of God cometh. I do not find fault with the rendering of Erasmus — solet venire — (is wont to come,) but as the present tense is often taken in Scripture instead of the future, according to the idiom of the Hebrew language, I have preferred to leave the rendering undecided, so that it might be accommodated to either meaning. He warns the Colossians, then, either of the ordinary judgments of God, which are seen daily, or of the vengeance which he... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:6

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