colossians-3:1-2,-hebrews-3:1-niv

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:2

2. Translate, "Set your mind on the things above, not on the things," &c. (Colossians 2:20). Contrast "who mind earthly things" (Colossians 2:20- :). Whatever we make an idol of, will either be a cross to us if we be believers, or a curse to us if unbelievers. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:1-2

Again we could translate "If" as "Since" (first class condition). It introduces another situation Paul assumed to be true for the sake of his argument (cf. Colossians 2:20). Paul returned to his thought about the believer’s union with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Colossians 2:9-15). Two present imperatives identify the Christian’s responsibilities: "seek" (Colossians 3:1) and "set your affection on" (Colossians 3:2). Since God raised us with Christ and we are already as good... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:1-4

A. The basic principle 3:1-4To encourage his readers to turn away from their false teachers, Paul reminded them of their union with Christ. He also urged them to continue living in keeping with their position in Christ. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:1-6

IV. EXHORTATIONS TO PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING 3:1-4:6Paul moved from doctrine to practice, from the truth to its application in daily living. He began this next major section of the epistle by setting forth a basic principle. Then he explained the proper method of living. This led him to discuss the Christian’s fundamental relationships. He concluded this section by summarizing the essential practice. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:1-25

The Christian’s Risen Life and the Duties it entails1-4. Resurrection with Christ and the heavenly life.Paraphrase] ’(1) Seeing then that at your conversion you shared not Christ’s death only, but His resurrection, go on to participate in His heavenly life, in that heaven where He is, and where He sits at God’s right hand. (2) Let your whole thought be set on heavenly, not on earthly things. (3) For you died with Christ, and your life in union with Him is a hidden life in God. (4) It is not... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Colossians 3:1

(1) If ye then be risen (rather, ye rose) with Christ.—In these words is marked the beginning of the spiritual life, referred evidently to baptism. (See Colossians 2:12.) It is a “resurrection with Christ” and in Christ; as such it is dwelt upon in detail in Romans 6:1-14. We may note that this phrase, implying a sudden passing from death unto life, accords more exactly with the idea of adult baptism, accepted in conscious faith, and leading at once to a new life; while the later phrase,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Colossians 3:1-4

III.(1-4) As the partaking of the death of Christ taught the negative lesson of death to the Law, so the partaking of His resurrection teaches the positive lesson of the spiritual life. We observe that this celebrated passage occupies a place at the close of the doctrinal portion of the Epistle, exactly corresponding to the even greater passage on the unity of the Church in God in the Epistle to the Ephesians (Ephesians 4:1-16). It is unlike that passage, because, summing up the main teaching... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Colossians 3:1-25

On the Heights Colossians 3:1 What are the things that are above? Does the Apostle mean the things that belong to the future life? Well, they do belong to the future life, and it is well for us to think of that life, and to think that we shall live in it, and that these things are the things that are current coin there. But he means the present life, for he exhorts us to seek these things, and to have them now, the things that abide, of which death cannot rob us, the things which belong to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

Chapter 3 THE PRESENT CHRISTIAN LIFE A RISEN LIFE Colossians 3:1-4 (R.V.)We have now done with controversy. We hear no more about heretical teachers. The Apostle has cut his way through the tangled thickets of error, and has said his say as to the positive truths with which he would hew them down. For the remainder of the letter, we have principally plain practical exhortations, and a number of interesting personal details.The paragraph which we have now to consider is the transition from the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Colossians 3:1-25

III. THE PRACTICAL RESULTS: LIVING AS RISEN WITH CHRIST (3-4) CHAPTER 3 1. The life hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:1-4 ) 2. The contrast: The old man and the new man (Colossians 3:5-11 ) 3. Manifesting Christ (Colossians 3:12-17 ) 4. Relationships (Colossians 3:18-25 ; Colossians 4:1 ) Colossians 3:1-4 Risen with Christ; such is the believer’s position. “Ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God.” These are the great truths of Christianity: The believer dead with Christ;... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:1-2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:1-4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Colossians 3:1-6

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:1-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Colossians 3:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Colossians 3:1-4

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Colossians 3:1-25

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:1-4

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Colossians 3:1-25

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