Colossians 3:10-11 NIV

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 3:9-10

The ground of these practical precepts. "Seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him who created him." We have here the negative and the positive aspects of the great spiritual change effected in conversion. I. THE NEGATIVE ASPECT OF CONVERSION . "Ye have put off the old man with his deeds." 1 . The old man is the old unconverted self, strong in his deeds of sin. His... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:10

And having put on the new (man), which is being renewed unto (full) knowledge, after (the) image of him that created him ( Ephesians 4:23 , Ephesians 4:24 ; Ephesians 2:15 ; Romans 6:4 ; Romans 7:6 ; Romans 8:1-4 ; Romans 13:12-14 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 ; Galatians 6:15 ; Colossians 1:9 ; Colossians 2:2 , Colossians 2:3 ; Genesis 1:26-28 ; Matthew 5:48 ; Hebrews 12:10 ; 1 Peter 1:16 ; Romans 8:29 ). New ( νέος ) is "young," "of recent date" (compare... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:10

Which is renewed in knowledge - In Ephesians 4:24, it is said that the new man is “created after God in righteousness and true holiness.” In this place it is added that to the renewed soul knowledge is imparted, and it is made in that respect as man was when he was first created. This passage, in connection with Ephesians 4:24, proves that before man fell he was endowed with “righteousness, true holiness, and knowledge.” The knowledge here referred to, is not the knowledge of everything, but... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:11

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew - See this fully explained in the notes at Galatians 3:28. The meaning here is, that all are on a level; that there is no distinction of nation in the church; that all are to be regarded and treated as brethren, and that therefore no one should be false to another, or lie to another.Circumcision nor uncircumcision - No one is admitted into that blessed society because he is circumcised; no one is excluded because he is uncircumcised. That distinction is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:8-11

Colossians 3:8-11. But now ye also Being converted to the pure, peaceable, and devout religion of the Lord Jesus; put off Mortify; all these corrupt passions and lusts; anger, &c. See on Ephesians 4:31; blasphemy Or evil speaking, as the word may be properly rendered; for it includes not only impious speeches with regard to God, which is the highest degree of malignant language, but all railing and reproachful speeches against our fellow-creatures, and even speaking of the... read more

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 3:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:8-11

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