colossians-3:16

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Colossians 3:16

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESColossians 3:16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.—The word for “dwell in” is the same which assures the believer of an indwelling power which shall quicken the mortal body, and which describes the divine act of grace, “I will dwell in them.” In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.—See on Ephesians 5:18-19. The same composition may be either psalm, hymn, or spiritual song. The first may be a technical word, as in Luke 24:44. It indicates a song... read more

William Nicoll

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

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

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 3:16

Colossians 3:16Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.The Word of ChristI. What is it? The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament.1. Christ is their author.2. He is their subject-matter--they testify of Him. Christ is the Word, the wisdom of God, the truth; and truth as well as grace came by Him.II. How shall we treat it?1. Let it dwell in us. It must not be as a stranger, or a visitor, or as an acquaintance with whom we are not specially intimate, or as a friend away and seldom seen, but... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:16

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Ver. 16. Dwell in you richly ] ενοικειτω πλουσιως , indwell in you, as an ingrafted word, incorporated into your souls; so concocted and digested by you, as that you turn it in succum et sanguinem, into a part of yourselves. This is your riches; and thus David reckons of his wealth Psalms 119:32 . Teaching... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Colossians 3:16

the word: John 5:39, John 5:40, 2 Timothy 3:15, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:13, 1 Peter 1:11, 1 Peter 1:12, Revelation 19:10 dwell: Deuteronomy 6:6-1 Samuel :, Deuteronomy 11:18-Proverbs :, Job 23:12, Psalms 119:11, Jeremiah 15:16, Luke 2:51, John 15:7, 1 John 2:14, 1 John 2:24, 1 John 2:27, 2 John 1:2 richly: 1 Timothy 6:17, Titus 3:6, *marg. all: Colossians 1:9, 1 Kings 3:9-2 Kings :, 1 Kings 3:28, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 2:7, Proverbs 14:8, Proverbs 18:1, Isaiah 10:2, Ephesians 1:17,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.Let the word of Christ — So the apostle calls the whole scripture, and thereby asserts the divinity of his Master.Dwell — Not make a short stay, or an occasional visit, but take up its stated residence.Richly — In the largest measure, and with the greatest efficacy; so as to fill and govern the whole soul. read more