“ In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. ”
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 6:10-11 , notes; compa...
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...
lived . See App-170.
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,...
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. In the which ye also walked sometime - When ye were in your unconverted state, ye served divers lusts and pleasures. See on Romans 7:5...
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 whic...
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 t...
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...
Colossians 3:5-9 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, an...
Chapter 3 SLAYING SELF THE FOUNDATION PRECEPT OF PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Colossians 3:5-9 (R.V.) "Mortify therefore"-wherefore? The previous words give the reason. Because "ye died" with Christ...
Seeking the “Things That Are Above” Colossians 3:1-11 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 Cr...
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 b...
(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 wr...
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 pat...
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.
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 themselve...
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 th...
Necessity of Mortifying Sin. A. D. 62. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the e...
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 Colo...
‘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 7:20-23 ). This was how they had on...
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...
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...
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 ab...
EXPOSITION Colossians 3:1-51 SECTION VII . THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE . The apostle, having delivered his attack on the system of error inculcated at Colossae, now passes from the c...
Putting Off the Old Man and Putting On the New.
1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 1 Peter 4:3 ; 1 Peter 4:4 ; Colossians 2:13 ; Ephesians 2:2 ; Romans 6:19 ; Romans 6:20 ; Romans 7:5 ; Titus 3:3
The New Life in Christ Jesus Colossians 3:1-15 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...
Living denotes the inward principle; walking, the outward acts.