Colossians 3:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:5-7

The apostle exhorts the Colossians to the mortification of sin, the great hindrance to seeking the things which are above. Since it is our duty to set our affections upon heavenly things, it is our duty to mortify our members which are upon the earth, and which naturally incline us to the things of the world: ?Mortify them, that is, subdue the vicious habits of mind which prevailed in your Gentile state. Kill them, suppress them, as you do weeds or vermin which spread and destroy all about... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:5-9

3:5-9a So, then, put to death these parts of you which are earthly-- fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, the desire to get more than you ought--for this is idol worship; and because of these things the wrath of God comes upon those who are disobedient. It was amongst these things that you once spent your lives; when you lived among them; but now you must divest yourselves of all these things--anger, temper, malice, slander, foul talk which issues from your mouth. Do not lie to one... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:5-9

In Colossians 3:8 Paul says that there are certain things of which the Colossians must strip themselves. The word he uses is the word for putting off clothes. There is here a picture from the life of the early Christian. When the Christian was baptized, he put off his old clothes when he went down into the water and when he emerged he put on a new and pure white robe. He divested himself of one kind of life and put on another. In this passage Paul speaks of the things of which the Christian... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:6

For which things' sake ,.... Those sins above mentioned, Colossians 3:5 , the wrath of God ; the effects of it in temporal judgments, and eternal ruin and destruction, the wrath to come, which all are deserving of, and there is only deliverance from by Christ: cometh upon the children of disobedience : who are disobedient both to the law of God, and Gospel of Christ: who are unbelievers in him, are rebellious and gainsaying, reject his calls, the persuasions of his ministers, set... 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

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

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 3:5-7

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-7

Sins of the flesh and the sin of covetousness. Paul, an example to faithful preachers, is not satisfied with general exhortations; he is pointed and personal in his allusion to special sins. The great motive power is in the preceding truths ( Colossians 3:1-4 , "Mortify therefore," etc.). What neither Jewish ceremonialism nor Gnostic teaching could secure ( Colossians 2:23 ), Christ "our Life," our "Hope of glory," could effect. Note the use of similar lofty motives in Romans 6:1 ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:5-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:5-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:5-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:6

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-7

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