Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity
nor is there exception of persons with God; since it is not hearers of the law who are justified by the Lord, but doers, according to what the apostle withal says.[39]
Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
For there is no respect of persons with God.[10]
Verse Colossians 3:25. _BUT HE THAT DOETH WRONG_] It is possible for an unfaithful servant to wrong and defraud his master in a great variety of ways without being detected; but let all such remember...
SERVANTS, OBEY IN ALL THINGS ... - ; see the notes at Ephesians 6:5....
III. THE PRACTICAL RESULTS: LIVING AS RISEN WITH CHRIST (3-4) CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The life hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:1)_ 2. The contrast: The old man and the new man (Colossians 3:5) 3. Mani...
COLOSSIANS 3:18 TO COLOSSIANS 4:1. CERTAIN DUTIES INTERPRETED IN RELATION TO CHRIST. _ Cf._ Ephesians 5:22 *. Col. omits the simile of Christ and the Church. A reason is given why fathers should not h...
THE RISEN LIFE (Colossians 3:1-4)...
Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat them harshly. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the...
FOR THE WRONG, &c.. the wrong that he wronged. See Galatians 6:7. NO. App-105. RESPECT, &c. See Romans 2:11....
_But he that doeth wrong_ The spiritual emancipation of the slave writes the law of duty on his heart. The case of Onesimus was surely in the Apostle's mind throughout this passage. _shall receive_ f...
25. Ὁ ΓᾺΡ�. Does St Paul here desire (1) to _encourage_ the slaves by reminding them that if they are illtreated their masters will be punished in due course by God, or (2) to _warn_ them that even if...
22–4:1. _Slaves and Masters_ Δοῦλοι must have formed a large proportion of the believers in St Paul’s days, and their behaviour to their masters (whether Christians or not) must have been an importan...
18–4:1. _The social relations of a household_ Colossians 3:18-19. Wives and Husbands. Colossians 3:20-21. Children and Fathers. Colossians 3:22_ to_...
5–4:1. _Practical duties_ Colossians 3:5-17, in the individual life; Colossians 3:18_ to_ Colossians 4:1, in the social relations of a household....
ΆΔΙΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΔΙΚΈΩ (G91) совершать неправедные деяния, ошибаться (TDNT). Это предложение поясняет сказанное и дает общий закон, относящийся ко всем, ΚΟΜΊΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. от_ ΚΟ...
25. FOR THE ONE WHO DOES WRONG SHALL GET BACK THAT WHICH HE HAS WRONGFULLY DONE; AND THERE IS NO PARTIALITY (WITH GOD THE DIVINE JUDGE IN REPAYING WRONGS). _Translation and Paraphrase_ 25. For the o...
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. BUT. A B C Delta G 'Aleph (') f g, Vulgate, read 'For,' which accords with 'serve ye,' et...
_CORRECTION-DEPORTMENT_ 17 We should always distinguish between our place "in _ Christ_ " and "in the Lord". "In _ Christ_ " physical distinctions vanish, even the distinction between the sexes is go...
THE CHRISTIAN'S RISEN LIFE AND THE DUTIES IT ENTAILS 1-4. Resurrection with Christ and the heavenly life. PARAPHRASE] '(1) Seeing then that at your conversion you shared not Christ's death only, but...
The meaning is probably that the Christian slave must not suppose, because he is a Christian, that God will deal leniently with his misconduct....
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 3 HOW TO LIVE YOUR NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST V1 You hav...
[6. Special Exhortation as to the relations of life. (1) THE DUTY OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS (Colossians 3:18). (2) THE DUTY OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Colossians 3:20). (3) THE DUTY OF SLAVES AND MAST...
HE THAT DOETH WRONG is clearly here the master (see Ephesians 6:9), though, of course, the phrase cannot be limited to him....
(22-25) Compare throughout Ephesians 6:5. The only peculiarity of this passage is the strong emphasis laid on “the reward of the inheritance.” “The reward” is in the original, _a perfect recompense_ o...
CHAPTER 3 THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY Colossians 3:18; Colossians 4:1 (R.V.) This chapter deals with the Christian family, as made up of husband and wife, children, and servants. In the family, Christianit...
This verse provides the reason (γὰρ) for δουλεύετε. It is disputed whether ὁ ἀδ. means the master who treats his slave unjustly, or the slave who by his idleness wrongs his master. To include both (Li...
to Colossians 4:1. ENFORCEMENT OF THE RECIPROCAL DUTIES OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS, CHILDREN AND PARENTS, SLAVES AND MASTERS, WITH FREQUENT REFERENCE TO THESE DUTIES AS INVOLVED IN THEIR DUTY TO CHRIST. In...
HOME AND BUSINESS RELATIONS Colossians 3:18; Colossians 4:1 From these high flights into the eternal and divine, Paul turns to the daily duties of the home, and demands that in the simplest domestic...
The believer is to "seek the things... above." The word "seek" marks aspiration, desire, and passion. The things above are those of the empire of Christ. In order to seek these things the mind must be...
Instructions for Servants and Masters Paul has been criticized by some for not openly condemning slavery. However, the instructions he gave to slave and master must have hastened that terrible system'...
(15) But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. (15) He requires of masters, that being mindful how they themselves also will render a...
REFLECTIONS Oh! thou risen, and exalted Lord Jesus! send down thine ascension-gifts, and raise all my spiritual affections after thee, that I may no longer grovel here below, but seek thee, who art ab...
(18) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. (19) Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (20) Children, obey your parents in all things: for this...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
Now begins the direct exhortations founded on the truth that has been developed, and adapted to the state in which the Colossians were; that is, viewed as risen with Christ, but not sitting in heavenl...
BUT HE THAT DOTH WRONG,.... Which may be understood, both of servants that do wrong to their masters through sloth and idleness, neglecting their business, embezzling their masters' goods, and defraud...
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. Ver. 25. _But he that doth wrong_] Be it but by not doing right to poor servants, which in...
_Wives, submit yourselves_ Or be subject; _to your own husbands_ Whether they be Christians or heathen. See on Ephesians 5:22. _As it is fit_ Both in regard of God's command, and the evil that would a...
On these verses see the notes on the very similar passage, Ephesians 5:19-33; Ephesians 6:1-9....
NO RESPECT OF PERSONS; servants and masters will stand together before God, be judged by the same law, and be rewarded or punished according to their character and conduct. It is the will of God that...
The conduct of Christians in various stations in life:...
FOR HE THAT DOETH WRONG SHALL RECEIVE FOR THE WRONG WHICH HE HATH DONE; AND THERE IS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS. See Ephesians 5:22; Ephesians 6:1. In giving specific instructions to individual classes of...
CHANGING THE OLD FOR THE NEW (vs.1-11) We have seen some practical exhortations mingled with the doctrine of this epistle. Now this chapter begins what is mainly practical instruction based on the t...
Practical Injunctions - 3:18 - 4:1 18WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS IS FITTING IN THE LORD. As he does in several letters, Paul spends some time in the practical area and addresses several g...
FOR HE THAT DOETH WRONG SHALL RECEIVE AGAIN FOR THE WRONG THAT HE HATH DONE: AND THERE IS NO RESPECT OF PERSONS. _ Points to Note:_ 1. Precisely 'who' the above warning is directed at (in the contex...
18-25 The epistles most taken up in displaying the glory of the Divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular in pressing the duties of the Christian life. We must never separa...
BUT HE THAT DOETH WRONG; but if the reward will not engage to a right discharge of these relative duties, the injurious person, WHETHER HE BE BOND OR FREE, EPHESIANS 6:8, an inferior servant or a domi...
Colossians 3:25 But G1161 wrong G91 (G5723) repaid G2865 (G5695) what G3739 done G91 (G5656) and...
‘For he who does wrong will receive again the wrong that he has done, and there is no respect of persons.' This is the final general principle that applies to all situations and to all men regardless...
Colossians 3:25. FOR (so the best authorities) introduces a proof of the preceding clause: either that they ought to serve Christ, or that the service is Christ's, according to the view taken of that...
3. _Special Precepts as to Household Relations._ This section agrees, not only in outline, but in detail, with the corresponding passage in Ephesians. The arrangement is identical, the precepts and mo...
III. HORTATORY PART: LIVE AS THOSE SHOULD LIVE WHO WERE RAISED WITH CHRIST THE HEAD. (1.) Fellowship with the Exalted Christ the motive for the new life; Colossians 3:1-4. (Transitive paragraph.) (2....
SHALL RECEIVE AGAIN FOR THE WRONG THAT HE HATH DONE (κομισετα ο ηδικησεν). It is not clear whether ο αδικων (he that doeth wrong) is the master or the slave. It is true of either and Lightfoot inte...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God._ Oh! how often we need to be called to this, for the flesh is grove...
CONTENTS: Believer's union with Christ here and hereafter, and the fruit of such union. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The true believer is united with Christ in a union which can never b...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ,_ above the darkness and torpor of the present world, as in Colossians 2:20, live in conformity to your hope, by seeking _those things that are above._...
AND THE WRONGDOER. There is no excuse for failing to do your part. [But God expects _love_ to be your motive (1 John 4:18).]...
_He that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done._ I. Punishment threatened. 1. To masters. (1) Imperious masters wrong their servants. (A) By defrauding them of their clothing,...
_Servants, obey in all things your masters._ SERVANTS AND MASTERS I. A precept of obedience. 1. The occasion of this precept seems to spring from the circumstance that converted servants thought the...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:22 BONDSERVANTS, OBEY IN EVERYTHING THOSE WHO ARE YOUR EARTHLY MASTERS. God has ordered family relationships from creation, and Paul’s instructions on marriage represen...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 3:23. WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO IT HEARTILY.— Ephesians 6:7, “With good will doing service.” R.V. gives the distinction which is obliterated by “do, do” of A.V....
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 3:1 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...
So then, If then you are risen with Christ [If you are risen with Christ... going back to buried with Christ in baptism, now risen with Him], seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth a...
1 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Corinthians 6:8; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:6;...
He that doeth wrong [ο α δ ι κ ω ν]. Compare Philippians 1:18. The reference is primarily to the slave; but the following clause extends it to the master. If the slave do wrong, he shall be punished;...
PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING Colossians 3:15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. 2. The call of God to the Church, His Body. 3. Be ye thankful. 4. Let the Word of God d...
That is "Such servants as have wronged their masters, or such masters as have oppressed their servants, God, who respects no man's person, and regardeth the rich no more than the poor, will take this...