Colossians 3:12

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Ver. 12. As the elect of God, holy and beloved ] Therefore holy, because elect, and therefore beloved, because holy; as God’s name is holy, and therefore reverend, Psalms 111:9 . God chose his for his love, and now loves them for his choice.

Bowels of mercies ] Draw out thy soul as well as thy sheaf to the hungry, Isaiah 58:10 . Steep thy thoughts in the mercies of God, saith one, and they will dye thine, as the dye vat doth the cloth.

Humbleness of mind ] Even to be content to "be trampled upon," as the word signifieth; a or to be laid low as earth, as Paul,Philippians 4:12; Philippians 4:12 ; to have a low mind in a high conversation, as Athanasius ( υφηλου βιας ταπεινον φρονημα ). Humility is the veil of a Christian, that maketh the bride look most lovely.

a ταπεινος , quasi πατεινος , vel εδαφεινος .