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Verse 5. _MORTIFY, THEREFORE, YOU MEMBERS_] νεκρωσατε. _Put
them_ _to death_: the verb is used metaphorically to signify, to
_deprive a_ _thing of its power_, to _destroy its strength_. Use no
member...
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MORTIFY THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS - Since you are dead to sin and the
world, and are to appear with Christ in the glories of his kingdom,
subdue every carnal and evil propensity of your nature. The word...
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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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a So, then, put to death these parts of you which are earthly--
fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, the desire to get more
than you ought--for this is idol worship; and because of these th...
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MORTIFY. Put to death. See Romans 4:19; Romans 6:6.
UPON. App-104.
INORDINATE AFFECTION. passion, or lust. See Romans 1:26.
EVIL. App-128.
CONCUPISCENCE. desire, See...
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Universal Holiness the necessary issue of the life of Union: the
negative side
5. _Mortify therefore_ Observe the "_therefore_." _Because of_the
possession of a hidden _life_, and in its power, they...
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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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ΝΕΚΡΏΣΑΤΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. St Paul here begins the directly
“practical” part of his Epistle, but characteristically (cf.
Romans 12:1; Ephesians 4:1) joins it to the more doctrinal part by a
“therefore.” Life is...
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ΝΕΚΡΏΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΝΕΚΡΌΩ (G3499)
приговаривать к смерти. Значение
здесь сопоставимо с Romans 6:11, содержит
идею "считать мертвым" (Bruce),
ΜΈΛΗ _pl. от_ ΜΈΛΟΣ (G3196) член. Члены тела...
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_Colossians 3:5_. St. Paul, having concluded the principal design of
his writing, comes now, according to his usual manner, to give the
Colossians some rules and directions for their Christian behavio...
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5. PUT TO DEATH THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH:
FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, PASSION, EVIL DESIRE, AND COVETOUSNESS,
WHICH IS IDOLATRY; 6. FOR WHICH THINGS-' SAKE COMETH THE WRATH OF GOD...
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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry:
MORTIFY, [ nekroosate (G3499)] - '...
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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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3:5 death (a-3) The aorist. 'be in the state of having done it.'
desire, (b-20) Or 'covetousness;' as Ephesians 4:19 ('greedy
unsatisfied lust'), and Ephesians 5:5 ('unbridled lust')....
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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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[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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Colossians 3:5 contain the negative section of St. Paul’s practical
appeal, drawing out the consequences of the “death with Christ,”
in the mortification of all tendencies to impurity, malice, and
fal...
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(5) MORTIFY THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH. — The
expression is doubly unique. It is the only passage where
“mortification” — the killing of anything in us — is enjoined;
and it is al...
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CHAPTER 3
SLAYING SELF THE FOUNDATION PRECEPT OF PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
Colossians 3:5 (R.V.)
"Mortify therefore"-wherefore? The previous words give the reason.
Because "ye died" with Christ, and be...
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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 5:3-5. νεκρώσατε οὖν.
“Put to death, therefore” (_cf._ Romans 8:13). The aorist implies
a single decisive act. Perhaps νεκ. is chosen as a weaker word than
θανατόω (Cre...
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SEEKING THE “THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE”
Colossians 3:1
Let us repeat the glorious truth, which was doubtless the heart of
Paul's teaching, that our old nature has been nailed in Christ to the
Cross, and...
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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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Putting to Death Earthly Thinking
Having shown how the Christian is alive, Paul next turned to show what
each member of His body must put to death, or mortify. Thomas suggest
mortify means "to dig out...
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(6) Mortify therefore your (c) members which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is idolatry:
(6) Let not your dead nature b...
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_Your members,...fornication, uncleanness, &c. He considers man's body
as made up of sins and sinful inclinations. (Witham) --- It is not to
bring back Judaism we practise abstinences and fasts, nor w...
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(5) Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence,
and covetousness, which is idolatry: (6) For which things' sake the
wra...
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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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5._Mortify therefore_. Hitherto he has been speaking of contempt of
the world. He now proceeds further, and enters upon a higher
philosophy, as to the _mortification of the flesh_. That this may be
th...
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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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MORTIFY THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS,.... Not your bodies, as the Ethiopic
version reads, nor the members of the natural body, but of the body of
sin, indwelling sin; which as a body consists of various mem...
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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry:
Ver. 5. _Mortify therefore_] Sin hath...
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_Mortify therefore_ Put to death, slay with a continued stroke; _your
members_ The members of the old man, which together make up the body
of sin; inclinations and dispositions which spread themselves...
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MORTIFY THEREFORE; since ye are dead with Christ, act consistently in
putting to death YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH; your bodily
members as the instruments of earthly lust; in other words, th...
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PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN AND PUTTING ON THE NEW....
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MORTIFY, THEREFORE, YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH:
FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, INORDINATE AFFECTION, EVIL CONCUPISCENCE,
AND COVETOUSNESS, WHICH IS IDOLATRY;...
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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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Mortifying the Old Nature - 3:5-11
5THEREFORE PUT TO DEATH YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE ON THE EARTH:
FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, PASSION, EVIL DESIRE, AND COVETOUSNESS,
WHICH IS IDOLATRY.
When you see the...
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PUT TO DEATH THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE EARTH:
FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, PASSION, EVIL DESIRE, AND COVETOUSNESS,
WHICH IS IDOLATRY;
'PUT TO DEATH' -'to treat as dead' (Robertson p. 50...
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5-11 It is our duty to mortify our members which incline to the
things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds
or vermin which spread and destroy all about them. Continual
oppo...
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That they might not think he, who had given check to superstitious
abstinences, was for the indulging of any carnal affections, he infers
here, how the exercise of truly Christian mortification was in...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V " And what these are he himself
explains: "Fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence; and covetousness, which is idolatry."[88]
Clement of Al...
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Colossians 3:5 Therefore G3767 death G3499 (G5657) your G5216 members
G3196 which G3588 on G1909 earth G1093 forn
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OUR CHRISTIAN WALK IS TO REFLECT OUR GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE (COLOSSIANS
3:5 TO COLOSSIANS 4:6).
1). The Man That We Were Has To Die (Colossians 3:5)
‘Therefore put to death your members which are on the...
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Colossians 3:5. PUT TO DEATH. The term is stronger than that usually
thus rendered; but ‘mortify' is misleading, and ‘make dead' is
awkward. Kill once for all, is the thought of the original, and the...
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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 3:5
However startling this phraseology may appear at first, it is
perfectly easy to point out, by instancing a few particulars in
analysis, the plain reason for such an application of term...
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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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YOU MUST PUT TO DEATH. Those vicious appetites and passions that are
common to humanity. IMMORALITY. Any sex act with another person -
_other than_ between husband and wife. See Romans 1:26-27. INDECE...
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COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:5 Instructions on Living the
Christian Life. Christians have died and risen with Christ. They have
the hope of a future life with him. Paul encourages the Colossians to...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Colossians 3:5. MORTIFY THEREFORE YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE UPON THE
EARTH.—“Quite so!” the heretic teacher might say; “this is
just what we ourselves advise.” “Yes,” rej...
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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 Corinthians 10:6; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 5:10; 1
Corinthians 5:11;...
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Mortify [ν ε κ ρ ω σ α τ ε]. Only here, Romans 4:19; Hebrews
11:12. Mortify is used in its literal sense of put to death.
So Erasmus : "Christ was mortified and killed." And Shakespeare :
"- his wil...
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THE NEW LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS
Colossians 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Seven pairs of things:
1. Things above, and things on the earth (Colossians 3:2).
2. Things seen, and things not seen (2 Cori
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Mortify therefore — Put to death, slay with a continued stroke. Your
members — Which together make up the body of sin. Which are upon the
earth — Where they find their nourishment. Uncleanness — In ac...
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Note here, 1. That although the apostle told them in the third verse,
that they were dead to sin, yet here, in the fifth verse, he bids them
mortify sin; intimating, that the work of mortification, at...