Colossians 3
Treated in 157 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 3:23 Whatever you are doing, put your whole self into the work, as for the Lord and not for people, 30
- 3:3 For you died, and the life you now have lies hidden with Christ in God. 16
- 3:1 You have been raised with Christ, then. So seek what is above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. 15
- 3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being made new, growing in knowledge, in the image of its Creator. 12
- 3:4 Christ is your life. When he is revealed, you too will be revealed with him in glory. 11
- 3:12 You are God's chosen people, holy and loved by him. So put on, like clothing, a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 10
- 3:16 Let the word of Christ make its home among you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and warn one another with psalms, hymns and Spirit-given songs, and sing to God, thankful from the heart. 10
- 3:11 In this new humanity it no longer counts whether one is Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian or Scythian, slave or free. Christ is everything, and he is in all. 9
- 3:2 Fix your thoughts on what is above, not on what is on earth. 8
- 3:5 So put to death whatever in you belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. 8
- 3:14 Over all of these put on love, which binds everything together and makes it complete. 7
- 3:9 Do not lie to one another. You have stripped off the old self and its ways 6
- 3:13 Be patient with one another's faults, and when someone has a grievance against another, forgive. The Lord has forgiven you freely; you must do the same. 5
- 3:20 Children, do what your parents tell you in everything, for that is what is pleasing in the Lord. 4
- 3:21 Fathers, do not keep provoking your children, or they will lose heart. 4
- 3:17 In everything you say and everything you do, act in the name of the Lord Jesus, and through him give thanks to God the Father. 3
- 3:15 Let the peace that Christ gives be the umpire in your hearts. You were called to this peace as members of one body. And be thankful. 2
- 3:24 knowing that you will receive from the Lord the inheritance as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you serve as slaves. 2
- 3:6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on those who disobey. 1
- 3:7 You too once lived among such people, when your life was given over to these things. 1
- 3:8 But now put all these away, every one: anger, bursts of temper, malice, slander, and foul words from your mouths. 1
- 3:22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything. Do not work only while they are watching, to win their favor, but with an undivided heart, out of reverence for the Lord. 1
- 3:25 Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for that wrong, and there is no favoritism with the Lord. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Col 3: 20
…honour to parents is by careful obedience. ‘Children, obey your parents in all things.’ Col 3: 20. Our Lord Christ herein set a pattern to children. He was subject to his parents. Luke 2…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
We can please God in no state or employment of life, but by intending and devoting it all to His honour and glory cites Col. iii. 1
…Pet. ii. 11] setting his affections on things above, and laying up treasures in heaven, [Col. iii. 1] — he can no more imagine this, than he can think that he has been all his life an…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon I cites Col. iii. 1
…said you may find in these places of scripture: Phil. iii. 18, 21. Matt. vi. 19, 20, 21. Col. iii. 1, 2, 4, 5. Rom. viii. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 23. Psal. lxxiii. 25, 26. Secondly, a wicked man…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Colossians 3:4
…God. Scriptures to revisit Romans 5:8-19; Romans 6:5-14; Romans 7:19-25; Romans 8:1-14; Colossians 3:4; John 15:4-5. Reflection 1. Do you relate to God mainly through cycles of effort…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites Col. iii. 5
…of mortification proposed to confirmation — Mortification the duty of the best believers, Col. iii. 5; 1 Cor. ix. 27 — Indwelling sin always abides; no perfection in this life, Phil. iii. 12…
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
The Sacrament of Living cites COLOSSIANS 3:17
…deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. COLOSSIANS 3:17 The example of Christ He pointed to the life of Christ Himself. The Lord did not divide…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On Obedience to Parents cites Col. 3:20
Sermon 96 On Obedience to Parents “Children, obey your parents in all things.” Col. 3:20 1. It has been a subject of controversy for many years, whether there are any innate…
- The Key in My Hand ·
The Tragic Truth cites Colossians 3:21
…fail to disciple (or discipline) their children and, instead, provoke them to anger (Colossians 3:21). Christian counselors today speak of dysfunctional families where the child’s ‘love…
- Growing in Wisdom ·
Ten Key Scriptures for Students cites Colossians 3:23
…When teachers give advice, receive it without resentment. Correction refines wisdom. 7. Colossians 3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
Showing how difficult the practice of humility is made, by the general spirit and temper of the world. How Christianity requireth us to live contrary to the world cites Col. iii. 1
…seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." [Col. iii. 1] Thus you see how plainly the Scripture sets forth our Blessed Lord as our…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Col. iii. 1
…vi. 4; Col. ii. 12; we are “quickened together with him,” Col. ii. 13; “risen” with him, Col. iii. 1. “He hath quickened us together with Christ, and hath raised us up together, and made us…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
Be Killing Sin cites Colossians 3:1–10
…it in your mind to where it would go if it had its way, and let that sober you. 4. Read Colossians 3:1–10 and notice how Paul grounds the command to mortify in what is already true of you in…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Sit: Our Position in Christ cites Colossians 3:1
…letters. “If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above” (Colossians 3:1, ASV). First, raised with Christ; then, seek. “If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 16 — How Christ Performed the Office of Redeemer in Procuring Our Salvation cites Col. 3:1
…“seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God,” (Col. 3:1). In these words we are not only urged by the example of a risen Saviour to follow…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
Meditation on the Future Life cites COLOSSIANS 3:1–2
…on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. COLOSSIANS 3:1–2 The third of Calvin’s chapters on the Christian life (Institutes 3.9) has a title that…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
Spiritually Minded cites COLOSSIANS 3:1–2
…on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. COLOSSIANS 3:1–2 He urges meditation on the glory to come: on the presence of God, the sight of Christ…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
The Saints’ Everlasting Rest cites COLOSSIANS 3:1–2
…things which are above …Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. COLOSSIANS 3:1–2 Why it must be deliberate His starting observation is that this does not happen by…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
In Adam, in Christ cites Colossians 3:1
…with Him (Galatians 2:20). We were buried with Him (Romans 6:4). We were raised with Him (Colossians 3:1). We are seated with Him (Ephesians 2:6). These are not metaphors for our inner…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
May cites Col. iii. 1
…us away from them by some false or foolish prejudice! May 5 “If ye then be risen” (Col. iii. 1). God is waiting this morning to mark the opening hours for every ready and willing heart…
- Our Daily Walk ·
January cites Col 3:1
…once seemed to laugh you to scorn. But you must leave it behind! Look up! look forward! (Col 3:1, Col 3:2) Are there not fresh ideals calling to you? Leave behind your attainments and…
- Our Daily Walk ·
March cites Col 3:1
…seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.”— Col 3:1 (R.V.). IF! SOME one will say, “He, there's the rub! I'm afraid that is not true of me…
- Practical Religion ·
Eternity! cites Col. iii. 2
…passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." (Col. iii. 2; 1 John ii. 17.) The same thought ought to cheer and comfort every true Christian. Your…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
May cites Col. iii. 2
…B. Simpson. May 6 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. iii. 2. He who has his affections set on things above is like one who hangs on by the skies…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
August cites Col. iii. 2
…Cuyler. August 6 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. iii. 2. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Eccles. ix. 10. If we are to…
- Prayer – The Pulse of Life ·
Importance of Prayer cites Colossians 3:2
…focus on God. “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2. We can set our minds on things above through prayer because prayer helps us focus, and…
- The Inner Chamber ·
Who Are You? cites Colossians 3: 2
…that are on earth, For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”— Colossians 3: 2, 3. Entering into God’s presence in the morning hour much depends upon the Christian…
- The Key Teachings of Martyn Lloyd-Jones ·
God or Mammon cites COLOSSIANS 3:2
…found something better. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. COLOSSIANS 3:2 Where care is needed Lloyd-Jones’s strictures can be applied in a spirit of suspicion…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites Col. 3:2
…raise our minds upwards and seek him in heaven, seated at the right hand of the Father (Col. 3:2). According to this rule, we should rather have adored him spiritually in the heavenly…
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
Prayer and Sacrifice cites Col. iii. 3
…He may live in us, and that we being dead, our life may be hidden with Christ in God (Col. iii. 3). “Come unto me,” says God, “all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
July cites Col. iii. 3
…your own.—Mark Guy Pearse. July 29 Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col. iii. 3. It is neither talent, nor power, nor gifts that do the work of God, but it is that which…
- Abide in Christ ·
The Glorified One cites COL. iii. 3
…Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.’— COL. iii. 3, 4. He that abides in Christ the Crucified One, learns to know what it is to be crucified…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Twenty Years in Chains cites Colossians 3:3
…is in Christ, not in assignment. “For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3, ASV). Hidden life remains life. The prison years should not be romanticized. Confinement…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Col 3: 3
…us himself. By creation, we have life in Adam; by redemption, we have life in Christ. Col 3: 3. By creation, we had a right to an earthly paradise: by redemption, we have a title to a…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
February cites Col. iii. 3
…to pray without ceasing and to lose nothing of Thy will. February 17 “Your life is hid” (Col. iii. 3). Some Christians loom up in larger proportion than is becoming. They can tell, and…
- The Key Teachings of Martyn Lloyd-Jones ·
In Christ cites COLOSSIANS 3:3
…but because he already is. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. COLOSSIANS 3:3 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Read Ephesians 1 and 2 and underline every occurrence of the…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
Introduction cites COLOSSIANS 3:3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. COLOSSIANS 3:3 Hannah Whitall Smith wrote one of the best-loved devotional books of the last two…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
The Life Hid with Christ in God cites COLOSSIANS 3:3
…everything else she wrote. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. COLOSSIANS 3:3 The man in the wagon A man is toiling along a road with a heavy load on his back. A wagon…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
Thy Righteousness Is in Heaven cites COLOSSIANS 3:3
…Saviour! Now Christ was all.” For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. COLOSSIANS 3:3 One with Christ Bunyan went further. The Lord led him, he says, into the mystery of union…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Preacher in Bedford Gaol cites Colossians 3:3–4
…and apparent. A handful of passages became especially precious — John 14:1–4, John 16:33, Colossians 3:3–4, Hebrews 12:22–24 — so that at times he could laugh at destruction. Let not your heart be…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
Know cites COLOSSIANS 3:3
…— finished, accomplished, done. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. COLOSSIANS 3:3 Nee illustrated it with the difference between a fact and a feeling. Suppose a man is…
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