Colossians 3:2-4 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

The apostle, having described our privileges by Christ in the former part of the epistle, and our discharge from the yoke of the ceremonial law, comes here to press upon us our duty as inferred thence. Though we are made free from the obligation of the ceremonial law, it does not therefore follow that we may live as we list. We must walk the more closely with God in all the instances of evangelical obedience. He begins with exhorting them to set their hearts on heaven, and take them off from... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:1-4

3:1-4 If then you were raised with Christ, set your hearts on the things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Have a mind all of whose thoughts are fixed on the things which are above, not upon the things on earth. For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Whenever Christ, your life, shall appear, then you too shall appear with him in glory. The point Paul is making here is this. In baptism the Christian dies and rises again. As the waters close... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:1-4

In Colossians 3:4 Paul gives to Christ one of the great titles of devotion. He calls him Christ our life. Here is a thought which was very dear to the heart of Paul. When he was writing to the Philippians, he said, "For me to live is Christ" ( Philippians 1:21 ). Years before, when he was writing to the Galatians, he had said, "It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me" ( Galatians 2:20 ). As Paul saw it, to the Christian Christ is the most important thing in life; more, he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:2

Set your affections on things above ,.... For unless the affections are set on them, they will never be sought after in a proper manner. The word signifies to mind them, and think on them, to favour and approve of them, to be affectionately desirous of them, and concerned for them; for where the treasure is, the heart should be; and as the saints' best things are above, their minds and affections should be there likewise; their contemplation should be on those things, and their conversation... read more

John Gill

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

For ye are dead ,.... Not in a natural or corporeal sense, for they were living in the world; nor in a moral sense, for though they had been dead in sins, they were quickened by the grace of God; nor in a legal sense, for all their trespasses were forgiven them; see Colossians 2:13 ; but they were dead to the law, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, by the body of Christ; and to sin, as to its damning power, through his bearing it in his own body on the tree; and to the world by his cross:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear ,.... The Vulgate Latin version, and some copies, read, "your life". Christ is the author of spiritual life, the fountain from whence it springs, the object on which the saints live, yea, their very life itself; it is not so much they that live, as Christ that lives in them: and he is their eternal life; it is in him, and given forth by him; to know him now is the beginning of it; and its perfection hereafter will lie in the vision of him, communion... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:2

Set your affection on things above - Τα ανω φρονειτε· Love heavenly things; study them; let your hearts be entirely engrossed by them. Now, that ye are converted to God, act in reference to heavenly things as ye did formerly in reference to those of earth; and vice versa. This is a very good general rule: "Be as much in earnest for heavenly and eternal things, as ye formerly were for those that are earthly and perishing." read more

Adam Clarke

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

For ye are dead - To all hopes of happiness from the present world; and, according to your profession, should feel no more appetite for the things of this life, than he does whose soul is departed into the invisible state. Your life is hid with Christ in God - Christ is your treasure; and where your treasure is, there is your heart. Christ lives in the bosom of the Father; as your heart is in him, ye also sit in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Christ is the life of your souls; and as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is our life - When Christ comes to judge the world, ye shall appear with him in his glory, and in an eternal state of blessedness. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:2

Verse 2 2.Not the things that are on earth. He does not mean, as he does a little afterwards, depraved appetites, which reign in earthly men, nor even riches, or fields, or houses, nor any other things of the present life, which we must use, as though we did not use them, (1 Corinthians 7:30) (433) but is still following out his discussion as to ceremonies, which he represents as resembling entanglements which constrain us to creep upon the ground. “Christ,” says he, “calls us upwards to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:1-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:2

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:2

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:2

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