골로새서 3:3-6 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

Present privileges: future glory. The apostle now proceeds to the application of the grand truths he has been expounding. Note in what a lofty strain he begins. As in the previous section he refutes practical errors by reminding of the sublimest doctrines, so here, before giving exhortations on special sins and duties, he seeks to lift the Colossians to the heights of that new spiritual, heavenly life it is their privilege to live. (Like a commander encouraging his troops in the field to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-17

SECTION VII . THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE . The apostle, having delivered his attack on the system of error inculcated at Colossae, now passes from the controversial to the more practical purport of his letter. There is no break, however, in the current of his thought; for throughout this chapter he urges the pursuit of a practical Christian life in a sense and in a manner silently opposed to the tendencies of Gnosticizing error. How much more congenial was the task to which he now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:4

When Christ shall be manifested, our (or, your, ) life, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory ( Romans 8:18-23 ; Philippians 3:21 ; 1 Corinthians 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:15 ; 2 Timothy 2:10-12 ; 2 Timothy 4:8 ; Titus 2:13 ; 1 John 3:2 ; 1 John 2:28 ). Our future destiny, with our present redemption ( Colossians 1:14 ), is wrapped up in Christ. Our life is not only "with him" ( Colossians 3:3 ); it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:4

The believer's final manifestation with Christ. "When Christ, who is our Life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory." The believer's life will not be always hidden, any more than the believer's Lord. There will be a period of manifestation for both. This marks the last stage of spiritual life. I. CHRIST IS THE ESSENCE OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE . This is more than saying that our life is hid with him or that he is the Author of it. "He that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5

Make dead, therefore, the (or, your ) members that are upon the earth ( Colossians 2:11 ; Colossians 3:9 ; Ephesians 4:21 , Ephesians 4:22 ; Philippians 3:19 ; Romans 6:6 ; Romans 8:13 ; Romans 13:14 ). "Your" is omitted by most textual critics, but English idiom requires it in translation. In its absence a stronger emphasis falls on the defining clause, "that are upon the earth." As these things may no longer be pursued or studied ( Colossians 3:1 , Colossians 3:2... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-7

The duty of mortifying the old man. The apostle proceeds to deduce the practical consequences of our "death in Christ" in the mortifying of tendencies to impurity, covetousness, malice, and falsehood. "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry." I. THE NATURE AND DUTY OF MORTIFICATION . 1 . Its nature. It is to resist the solicitations of sin, to suppress its first... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-17

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-7

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