Colossians 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear; which will be, according to the purpose and promise of God, with whom it is laid up, Colossians 1:5, when Christ by whom they live shall so appear that they shall be like him, 1 John 3:2, and be taken to be with him in the heavenly inheritance, 1 Peter 1:4; then their conformity to him, began here, partly in holiness and partly in sufferings, Romans 8:18, shall be completed at last in glory and felicity, Philippians 3:21 Hebrews 11:26,35. Then shall ye also appear with him in glory; and then shall these adopted children be brought into glory with him, Hebrews 2:10, out of whose hands none shall be able to pull them, 1 Thessalonians 10:28; but however the world look upon them as despicable, 1 Thessalonians 16:2, and sometimes they are so in their own eyes, wherein ofttimes there be tears, so that they can see but as through a glass, darkly, Psalms 31:22 1 Corinthians 13:12; but then they shall see Christ face to face, all tears shall be wiped away from their eyes, Revelation 7:17, and at the last day they shall shine as the sun in glory, Matthew 13:43 1 Corinthians 15:43,53 2 Thessalonians 1:7,10,12.