Colossians 3:2. on the things above: Paul urges anointed Christians in Colossae to focus their minds on their hope. In his letter to the Philippians, he also points to “the prize of the upward call,” the prospect of reigning in heaven with Christ. ( Php 3:14; Col 1:4, 5) Paul phrases the command, keep your minds fixed, in the present tense 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.”. “If ye then be risen” (or, “therefore, since you were raised”): This verb actually means “to be co-resurrected.”. Because of their union with Christ, believers spiritually entered His death and INTRODUCTION TO COLOSSIANS 2. In this chapter the apostle expresses his great concern for the Colossians, and others he had never seen; exhorts them to constancy in the faith of Christ; warns them of false teachers, and their tenets; takes notice of various blessings and privileges they had by Christ, and cautions against several superstitions and corruptions, which were obtaining among the τοῖς κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις] the masters, who are so after a fleshly manner, i.e. in respect to material-human nature; a description, which presupposes another relation belonging to the higher pneumatic sphere, in which, namely, Christ is (Colossians 3:24) the master. Comp. Romans 9:3. μὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμ. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters Dịch Vụ Hỗ Trợ Vay Tiền Nhanh 1s.

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