colossians-3:11,-galatians-3:28-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

Where there is (or, can be ) no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman ( Galatians 3:28 ; Galatians 6:15 ; Ephesians 2:14-18 ; Ephesians 4:25 ; 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; Romans 15:5-12 ; Philemon 1:15 , Philemon 1:16 ; John 17:20-23 ; Luke 22:24-27 ; John 13:12-17 ). That ἔνι means "can be," "negativing, not merely the fact, but the possibility," is doubtful in view of 1 Corinthians 6:5 (Revised Text). "In Christ"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

All distinctions obliterated in Christ. "Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman: but Christ is all, and in all." The old distinctions which separated man from man can have no existence in the new spiritual life. I. NATIONAL DISTINCTIONS ARE ABOLISHED IN CHRIST . "Greek and Jew." The peculiar privilege of Abraham's natural seed is gone. Mercy is shown on exactly similar terms to Jew and to Gentile. Thus is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:11

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew - See this fully explained in the notes at Galatians 3:28. The meaning here is, that all are on a level; that there is no distinction of nation in the church; that all are to be regarded and treated as brethren, and that therefore no one should be false to another, or lie to another.Circumcision nor uncircumcision - No one is admitted into that blessed society because he is circumcised; no one is excluded because he is uncircumcised. That distinction is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:8-11

Colossians 3:8-11. But now ye also Being converted to the pure, peaceable, and devout religion of the Lord Jesus; put off Mortify; all these corrupt passions and lusts; anger, &c. See on Ephesians 4:31; blasphemy Or evil speaking, as the word may be properly rendered; for it includes not only impious speeches with regard to God, which is the highest degree of malignant language, but all railing and reproachful speeches against our fellow-creatures, and even speaking of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:5-17

3:5-4:6 THE CHRISTIAN’S NEW LIFEOld and new habits (3:5-17)Not only do Christians believe that through Christ’s death they have died to sin, but they must also show it to be true in their daily lives. They must make every effort to put away the old selfish habits that God hates, from obvious sins such as sexual immorality to hidden sins such as greed and other uncontrolled desires (5-7). They must control the tongue and discipline personal behaviour. This renewing of their lives is not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 3:11

neither . App-105 . Jew , Sc. Compare Galatians 1:3 , Gal 1:28 . Barbarian . See Acts 28:2 . Scythian . Regarded by the ancients as the lowest type of barbarians. bond. App-190 . all, he. See Ephesians 1:23 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 3:11

Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.All the distinctions stressed by such divisions as these are transcended; and, as Ellis put it, "At the foot of the cross, the ground is level ... not a uniformity of status in the present world order, but a change in attitude by which the stigma of being different is loved away."[31]See Galatians 3:28 for another exhortation similar to this one, the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 3:11

Colossians 3:11. Where there is neither Greek, &c.— St. Paul's main design in this Epistle was, to establish the Colossians in theiradherence to the gospel mystery of the calling of the Gentiles, and maintaining their freedom against the Jewish dogmatizers; and though he had already concluded that matter, yet, having it very much at his heart, he takes an occasion here, in the midst of quite other things, to drop a word with relation to it. The sense of the verse is, that,in the point of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:11

11. Where—Translate, "Wherein," namely, in the sphere of the renewed man. neither . . . nor . . . nor . . . nor—Translate as Greek, "There is no such thing as Greek and Jew (the difference of privilege between those born of the natural seed of Abraham and those not, is abolished), circumcision and uncircumcision (the difference of legal standing between the circumcised and uncircumcised is done away, Galatians 6:15) —bondman, freeman." The present Church is one called out of the flesh, and the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:5-11

1. Things to put off 3:5-11On the basis of their position in Christ, Paul urged his readers to separate from the practices of their former way of life. He did this to enable them to realize in their experience all that Jesus Christ could produce in and through them. Three imperatives indicate Paul’s main points: consider as dead (lit. put to death, Colossians 3:5), put aside (Colossians 3:8), and do not lie (Colossians 3:9). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:8-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:5-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 3:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 3:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 3:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:5-11

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