Colossians 3:15-17

Sermon Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:16

Colossians 3:16 I. Christ's Word is simple. It is all plain to him that understandeth. There have been many books which professed great things; some that promised to work wonders for man, and some that even professed to come from God, but they were abstruse and enigmatical. They showed how insecure they were by the mystery in which they veiled their meaning. But the Saviour, in His kindness and sincerity, has made His Word an easy and simple book, so plain that it need perplex no one, so... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:17

Colossians 3:17 I. Observe the extent of this saying, an extent of which it is impossible to divest it. Either it is a mere empty exaggeration, or it goes to the extent of applying to all the acts of man's life, important or unimportant. And it is plain, that for such to be the case it must propose to us some motive, and some rule, which shall touch that daily life at every point. No sight is more common than to find a man actuated by a powerful motive which rules and directs his whole life.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Colossians 3:16

DISCOURSE: 2187LOVE TO THE SCRIPTURES RECOMMENDEDColossians 3:16. Let the word of Chist dwell in you richly in all wisdom.IT was declared to be one of the principal advantages which the Jews enjoyed above the heathen, that they had “the Oracles of God committed to them [Note: Romans 3:1-2.]:” and we are still more highly privileged, in that we have in our hands the New-Testament Scriptures, whereby we are enabled to understand the writings of Moses and the prophets more fully than the writers... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Colossians 3:17

DISCOURSE: 2188DOING ALL IN THE NAME OF CHRISTColossians 3:17. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.SUPPOSING the existence of one Supreme Being to be acknowledged, our obvious duty towards him must be, to exercise such a dependence on him, as shall evince a consciousness, that “in him we live, and move, and have our being [Note: Acts 17:28.].” This being what, for distinction’s sake, I will call natural religion, we... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Colossians 3:15

God God Christ. rule See John 14:27; Romans 14:17; Philippians 4:7. read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Colossians 3:16

grace Grace (imparted). vs. Colossians 4:6; Romans 6:1; 2 Peter 3:18. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:1-25

Chapter 3So 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 at the right hand of God ( Colossians 3:1 ).You're not really bound to these things of the world, the rudiments of the world. You're not under the laws: touch not, handle not, taste not. You've risen with Christ. You're living in a new dimension of life, the spiritual dimension of life. And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:1-25

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. This idea often occurs, and is the more worthy of notice here, because it connects together a grand chain of argument. Christ by his resurrection was liberated from the darkness of the tomb, so believers are made light in the Lord. He was liberated from the power of death, so are the regenerate... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 3:12-15

Colossians 3:12-15Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved.The essentials of a Christian characterThe Christian character is distinguished by--I. A special designation, signifying--1. Divine choice--“Elect.”2. Personal purity--“Holy.” The evidence and practical result of election (Ephesians 1:4),3. Divine affection--“Beloved.” Each of these epithets has the force of a motive.II. A. Heartfelt sympathy. Arising from--1. A spirit of tender mercy--“Bowels of mercy”--a phrase... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Colossians 3:15

Colossians 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts.The peace of ChristThe various reading “peace of Christ” is not only recommended by MS. authority, but has the advantage of bringing the expression into connection with the great words of our Lord, “Peace I leave you,” etc. A strange legacy left at a strange moment. It was but an hour or so since He had been “troubled in spirit” as He thought of the betrayer--and in an hour more He would be beneath the olives of Gethsemane; and yet... read more

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