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COLOSSIANS 3:16 Cristou/ {A}
Instead of the unusual expression “the word of Christ,” which
occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, several witnesses substitute
the more customary “the word of God”...
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Verse 16. _LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY_] I believe the
apostle means that the Colossians should be _well_ _instructed in the
doctrine of Christ_; that it should be their constant study...
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LET THE WORD OF CHRIST - The doctrine of Christ.
DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM - Abundantly, producing the spirit
of true wisdom. That doctrine is adapted to make you wise. The meaning
is, that t...
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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...
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RISEN WITH CHRIST. Those who are risen with Christ
must aspire to the things above, in the region of Christ's heavenly
session at God's right hand. Their minds must be set, not on...
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THE RISEN LIFE (Colossians 3:1-4)...
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On top of all these things, clothe yourselves with love which is the
perfect bond; and let the peace of God be the decider of all things
within your hearts, for it is to that peace you were called, so...
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WORD. App-121.
DWELL. See Romans 8:11.
RICHLY. Greek. _plousios._ Only here, 1 Timothy 6:17; Titus 3:6; 2
Peter 1:11....
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_the word of Christ_ The precise phrase occurs here only. It is
(surely, though Lightfoot advocates the explanation, "Christ's word to
the Christian; His influence speaking in the heart") the message...
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Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂, אcBC2DGL, etc. vulg.
sahid., Syr.Harcl. τοῦ κυρίου, א* memph. Clem. Alex.
τοῦ θεοῦ, AC* Thdrt. The fact that ὁ λόγ. τ. χρ. is
unique doubtless gave rise to the other readings....
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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....
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5–17. _The individual life_
Colossians 3:5-11. Negatively (together with a general description of
the new life), for sins are inconsistent with the new self.
Colossians 3:12-17. Positively, especial...
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DISCOURSE: 2187
LOVE TO THE SCRIPTURES RECOMMENDED
Colossians 3:16. _Let the word of Chist dwell in you richly in all
wisdom_.
IT was declared to be one of the principal advantages which the Jews
enj...
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LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY, &C.— That is, "The
gospel which you have received;" which the Apostle exhorts them to lay
up in their hearts, to meditate upon continually, and to endeavour...
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16. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY; IN ALL WISDOM TEACHING
AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS _AND_ HYMNS _AND_ SPIRITUAL
SONGS, SINGING WITH GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS UNTO GOD.
_Translatio...
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching
and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
The form which...
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Doctrinal Correction
15 Not only is the believer exempt from the authority of the apostles
of the Circumcision, but, in spirit, he is beyond the reach of all
human jurisdiction. Even before His r...
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3:16 wisdom (h-13) It is a question of spiritual understanding
whether 'in all wisdom' relates to 'dwell' or to 'teaching.' It may be
the former. Paul taught in all wisdom (ch. 1.28), and in them the...
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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...
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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...
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THE WORD OF CHRIST. — Here again the definite phrase, “the word of
Christ,” takes the place of the commoner phrase, “the word of the
Lord,” “the word of God.” It is to “dwell in their hearts.”
Hence i...
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[5.
Practical Exhortation, General.
(1) NEGATIVE. — To MORTIFY THE OLD MAN, by fleeing from —
(_a_)
_Uncleanness and lust_ (Colossians 3:5);
(_b_)
_Wrath and malice_ (Colossians 3:8);
(_c_)
_Fa...
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(10-17) In these verses we have the corresponding positive
exhortation, connected with the idea of resurrection with Christ,
through which we put on the new man, holding Christ to be our all in
all. O...
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CHAPTER 3
THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF THE PEACE OF CHRIST, THE WORD OF CHRIST, AND
THE NAME OF CHRIST
Colossians 3:15 (R.V)
There are here three precepts somewhat loosely connected, of which the
first...
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ὁ λόγος τοῦ Χριστοῦ : probably, as usually
explained, “the Gospel,” so called because He proclaimed it and
speaks it through His messengers. Lightfoot interprets it as “the
presence of Christ in the h...
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RESURRECTION WITH CHRIST MUST BE COMPLETED BY PARTICIPATION IN HIS
HEAVENLY LIFE, WHICH THOUGH AT PRESENT CONCEALED, WILL NOT ALWAYS
REMAIN SO. THIS LIFE WITH CHRIST IN HEAVEN DEMANDS THE DEATH OF THE...
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Partially parallel to Ephesians 5:19-20....
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LOVE, PEACE, AND PRAISE
Colossians 3:12
The articles of the Christian's dress are enumerated here, and we need
to refer to this list continually in order to be sure that none of
them is missing from...
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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...
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The Result of Putting on Spiritual Garments
The result of putting on the spiritual garments Paul has spoken of
will be an inner peace that allows one to remain calm when all around
him is in confusio...
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in (l) psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
(l) By "psal...
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Employ yourselves in studying and reading the Scriptures; meditating
on what our Saviour has done and suffered for you. It is a calumny of
our enemies, that we forbid the reading of the Testament. But...
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(12) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels
of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
(13) Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any m...
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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...
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_THE WORD OF CHRIST_
‘Let the Word of Christ dwell in you.’
Colossians 3:16
Note those words ‘dwell in you.’ They mean more than that the
Bible should have a place in your library or on your table....
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_OUR EUCHARIST_
‘Be ye thankful.’
Colossians 3:15
The service of Holy Communion is a Thanksgiving, so named in the
Prayer Book, which calls it ‘our sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving,’ and from t...
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16._Let the word of Christ dwell. _He would have the doctrine of the
gospel be familiarly known by them. Hence we may infer by what spirit
those are actuated in the present day, who cruelly (449) inte...
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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...
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LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU,.... The Alexandrian copy and
Arabic version read, "the word of God"; by which may be meant the
whole Scripture, all the writings of the Old and New Testament, whic...
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Ver. 16. _Dwell...
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_And above all these things_ As including them all, and indeed being
the source from whence they flow; _put on charity_ Την
αγαπην, _love_, namely, to God, his people, and all mankind;
_which is the b...
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On these verses see the notes on the very similar passage, Ephesians
5:19-33; Ephesians 6:1-9....
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THE RULE OF GOD'S PEACE AND ITS EFFECT ON VARIOUS STATIONS IN LIFE.
The Christians' conduct toward one another...
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LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM, TEACHING AND
ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS,
SINGING WITH RACE IN YOUR HEARTS TO THE LORD....
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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...
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Putting on the New - 3:12-17
12THEREFORE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD, HOLY AND BELOVED, PUT ON TENDER
MERCIES, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, MEEKNESS, LONGSUFFERING;
Because none of the above distinctions are valid,...
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LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY; IN ALL WISDOM TEACHING AND
ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER WITH PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS,
SINGING WITH GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS UNTO GOD.
'LET' -The langu...
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12-17 We must not only do no hurt to any, but do what good we can to
all. Those who are the elect of God, holy and beloved, ought to be
lowly and compassionate towards all. While in this world, where...
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LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM: one learned
man conceives Paul to have written this first clause of the verse as
in a parenthesis, joining in the sense what next follows to _...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II
For "if thou shalt love the Lord try God," and then "thy neighbour,"
let its first manifestation be towards God in thanksgiving and
psalmody, and the seco...
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Colossians 3:16 Let G1774 word G3056 Christ G5547 dwell G1774 (G5720)
in G1722 you G5213 richly G4146 in...
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2). WE ARE TO REVEAL THE NEW MAN IN OUR LIVES (COLOSSIANS 3:12).
What follows is a brief practical summary of the Christian life which
typifies the new man. Graciousness towards others, a forgiving sp...
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‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching
and admonishing one another, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs
singing with grace in your hearts to God.'
The ‘logos of Chri...
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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....
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2. _General Exhortations_.
We find here, though in much briefer form, substantially the same
exhortations contained in Ephesians 4:17 to Ephesians 5:21. The
section may be thus divided:
(1.) Negative...
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Colossians 3:16. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY. (The most
ancient authorities vary here; but ‘Christ' is well sustained.)
‘The word of Christ' is the word which Christ has spoken, or caus...
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THE WORD OF CHRIST
(ο λογος του Χριστου). This precise phrase only here,
though "the word of the Lord" in 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians
4:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:1. Elsewhere "the...
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GRACE
Grace (imparted). (Colossians 4:6); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....
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Colossians 3:16
I. Christ's Word is simple. It is all plain to him that understandeth.
There have been many books which professed great things; some that
promised to work wonders for man, and some tha...
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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...
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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. Set
your affection on things above, not on things on the earth._
Th...
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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._
Your Lord and Master has gone up to heaven. You profess that he
re...
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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...
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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._...
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CHRIST'S MESSAGE. The gospel which Paul had preached to them. TEACH
AND INSTRUCT. Those who immerse themselves in God's word to learn his
message, will be able to teach others this Truth. SING. Christ...
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_Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly._
THE WORD OF CHRIST
I. What is it? The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament.
1. Christ is their author.
2. He is their subject-matter--they testify...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:12 Paul calls the Colossians to a
holy lifestyle, consistent with their new identity.
⇐...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:16 THE WORD OF CHRIST probably
refers to the teaching about Christ as well as his own words. Both
were part of the oral traditions passed on to early believers. Psalms...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 3:16. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY.—The
word for “dwell in” is the same which assures the believer of an
indwelling power which shall quicken...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 25:7; 1 Corinthians 14:15; 1 Corinthians 14:26; 1 John
2:14;...
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The word of Christ. The only occurrence of the phrase. The word spoken
by Christ.
Richly. See on Romans 2:4, and compare ch. 1 27.
In all wisdom. Some connect with the preceding words, others with th...
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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...
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Let the word of Christ — So the apostle calls the whole scripture,
and thereby asserts the divinity of his Master. Dwell — Not make a
short stay, or an occasional visit, but take up its stated residen...
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These words come in by way of direction and advice, to help the
Colossians in the exercise of the foregoing graces; seeing it is the
word of Christ, or the holy scriptures, which teach the foremention...