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Verse 7. _IN THE WHICH YE ALSO WALKED SOMETIME_] When ye were in your
unconverted state, ye served divers lusts and pleasures. Romans 7:5,
Romans 7:5, and _"_Ephesians 2:2_"_....
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IN THE WHICH - In all which evil passions.
YE ALSO WALKED SOMETIME - You formerly lived. These were the common
vices of the pagan; Ephesians 5:8, note; 1 Corinthians 6:10, notes;
compare...
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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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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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THE RISEN LIFE (Colossians 3:1-4)...
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LIVED. See App-170....
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_In the which_ "_things_," mentioned just above. Otherwise we may
render, "_among whom_" (R. V. margin); i.e. among "the children of
disobedience." If those words are not retained in the text, this
la...
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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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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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ἘΝ ΟἿΣ. Certainly neuter with the short form of Colossians 3:6,
and almost certainly neuter even with the long form, for
“περιπατεῖν ἐν is most commonly used of things, not of
persons, especially in t...
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ΠΕΡΙΕΠΑΤΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ
(G4043) ходить, вести образ жизни. Гл.
используется с предлогом, обозначая
"принимать участие в чем-л." (BAGD).
Констативный _aor._ подводит итоги всей
прош...
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IN THE WHICH YE ALSO WALKED— _Amongst whom ye also once walked,_
[partaking in all their enormities,] _when ye lived among them._
Doddridge. Mr. Peirce paraphrases the verse as follows: "Among which
c...
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7. WHEREIN YE ALSO ONCE WALKED, WHEN YE LIVED IN THESE THINGS; 8. BUT
NOW DO YE ALSO PUT THEM ALL AWAY: ANGER, WRATH, MALICE, RAILING,
SHAMEFUL SPEAKING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH:
_Translation and Paraphrase...
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In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
WALKED SOMETIME - `once.'
WHEN YE LIVED IN THEM - as in your very element (before ye became
once for all dead with Christ to them): no...
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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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3:7 which (c-2) Or 'among whom.'...
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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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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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ἐν οἶς : in which vices. If τ. υἱοὺς τ. ἀπ. be
retained, the probable translation is “in whom”. Lightfoot thinks
in any case the reference to the vices is to be preferred, the chief
reason being that...
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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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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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Changing Clothes
Since the Colossian brethren were dead to the world in Christ, Paul
said they should put sin out of their lives. Anger and wrath both
describe passions aroused when one is insulted or...
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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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7._In which ye walked. _Erasmus mistakingly refers this to men,
rendering it, “_inter quos _,” (“among _whom_, ”) for there
can be no doubt that Paul had in view the vices, in which he, says
that the...
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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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IN THE WHICH YE ALSO WALKED SOME TIME,.... Either in or among the
children of disobedience, 1 Thessalonians 3:6, or rather in the afore
mentioned sins, 1 Thessalonians 3:5. Sin is a road or path, in w...
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In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Ver. 7. _When ye lived in them_] Man's life is a walk, and each action
a step either to heaven or hell....
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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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IN THE WHICH YE ALSO WALKED SOME TIME WHEN YE LIVED IN THEM....
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PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN AND PUTTING ON THE NEW....
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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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WHEREIN YE ALSO ONCE WALKED, WHEN YE LIVED IN THESE THINGS;
'WHEREIN' -i.e. in such sins.
'YE' -Members of this congregation.
_ Points to Note:_
1. God placed. high ethical demand upon people who...
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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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IN THE WHICH; some render it, amongst whom; but, alas! They lived
amongst such disobedient ones still; therefore we do better render it
_in which, _ i.e. sins or vices. YE, the now believing Colossian...
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Colossians 3:7 in G1722 which G3739 you G5210 once G4218 G2532 walked
G4043 (G5656) when G3753 lived...
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‘In the which you also walked previously, when you lived in these
things.'
These sins and attitudes had once been theirs, as they had also been
of the Jews (Mark 7:20). This was how they had once live...
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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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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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Colossians 3:7. AMONG WHOM, or, ‘in which.' The former rendering is
preferable, if the longer reading be retained in Colossians 3:6: among
these sons of disobedience. Comp. Ephesians 2:2-3, where simi...
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WALKED AFORETIME
(περιεπατησατε ποτε). First aorist (constative)
indicative referring to their previous pagan state.WHEN YE LIVED
(οτε εζητε). Imperfect active indicative of ζαω, to live,
"ye use...
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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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AND YOU YOURSELVES AT ONE TIME. This was the way they used to live
before they knew Christ. See 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. The whole Gentile
world was living this way (see 1 Peter 4:3-5)....
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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 6:11; 1 Peter 4:3; 1 Peter 4:4; Colossians 2:13;...
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In the which [ε ν ο ι ς]. The omission of upon the children,
etc., necessitates the reference to which things (ver. 6) Otherwise we
might render among whom.
Walked - lived. Walked, referring to their...
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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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Living denotes the inward principle; walking, the outward acts....