Colossians 3:1-17, Genesis 1:26-28

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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:6

Because of which (things) the anger of God cometh [upon the sons of disobedience] ( Ephesians 2:2 , Ephesians 2:3 ; Ephesians 5:6 ; Galatians 5:21 ; Romans 1:18 ; Romans 2:5-9 ; Romans 5:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 ; John 3:36 ; Revelation 6:17 ; Ma Revelation 3:2 ). The latter phrase is cancelled by Tischendorf, Tregelles, Alford, Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort; but retained by Ellicott and, preferentially, by the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:7

In which also ye walked once, when you were living in these (things) ( Ephesians 2:3 ; Ephesians 5:8 ; Romans 6:19-21 ; 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 1 Corinthians 12:2 ; Titus 3:3 ; 1 Peter 4:3 ). Even retaining "sons of disobedience" in Colossians 3:6 , it seems better, with Alford, Lightfoot, and the English Version, to read οἷς as neuter, "in which," referring to the same antecedent ( Colossians 3:5 )as "because of which" in Colossians 3:6 ; not "amongst whom" (Ellicott,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:8

But now do ye put away indeed all these (things) ( Colossians 3:9 ; Colossians 2:11 ; Ephesians 4:22 , Ephesians 4:25 ; Romans 13:12 ; 1 Peter 2:1 ). The thought of the death of the old life gives place to that of the divesting of the old habit; the new life wears a new dress, Mark the triumphant emphasis in "but now!" (opposed to the "once" of verse 8), characteristic of the writer (comp. Colossians 1:1-29 , 21, 26; Romans 3:21 ; Romans 6:22 , etc.). τὰ πάντα ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:8-9

A warning against social sins. The sins already noticed are personal; the sins now to be specified arise in connection with man's social relationships. "But now put ye also away all these: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth. Lie not one to another." These sins, again, divide themselves into two classes—three of each: I. SINS OF INWARD FEELING . "Anger, wrath, malice." 1 . Anger and wrath. There is an anger that is righteous. "Be angry and... read more

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another, having stripped off the old man with his deeds ( Ephesians 4:14 , Ephesians 4:15 ; 20-25; 1 Timothy 1:6 ; Revelation 21:8 ; Colossians 2:11 ; Romans 6:6 ; Romans 8:12 , Romans 8:13 ; Galatians 5:16 , Galatians 5:24 ). The imperatives of Colossians 3:5 and Colossians 3:8 were aorists, enjoining a single, decisive act; this is present, as in Colossians 3:1 , Colossians 3:2 , Colossians 3:15 , Colossians 3:18 , etc., giving a rule of life.... read more

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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

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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

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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

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