Colossians 3:1, He shows where we should seek Christ; Colossians 3:5, He exhorts to mortification; Colossians 3:10, to put off the old man, and put on Christ; Colossians 3:12, exhorting to charity, humility, and other several duties.
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Colossians 3 — OverviewColossians 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleI. The apostle exhorts us to set our hearts upon heaven and take them
off from this world, ver. 1-4. II. He exhorts to the mortification of
sin, in the various instances of it, ver. 5-11. III. He earnestly…Colossians 3 — OverviewColossians 3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains exhortations to several duties, some more general, which relate to all Christians, and others more particular, which belong to saints in such and such a state of life. The apostle begins with an…Colossians 3:1-4Colossians 3:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe 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…Colossians 3:1Colossians 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe obligations of the risen life.
We have here a transition to the practical part of this Epistle. "If ye then were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of…Colossians 3:1Colossians 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryChristian aspiration.
If we would understand St. Paul we must often remind ourselves of his view of the Christian life as a union and identification with the life of Christ in its several stages. The apostle teaches…Colossians 3:1-4Colossians 3:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryOur risen life.
"If then ye were raised together with Christ." At this point the apostle leaves the polemical and begins the practical. Doctrine again forms the foundation for exhortation. As in combating asceticism he…
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