Colossians 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.
Treated in 10 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- 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 Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The mortification of sin in particular described cites Col. iii. 5
…is quiet, but labours still to give it new wounds, new blows every day. So the apostle, Col. iii. 5. Now, whilst the soul is in this condition, whilst it is thus dealing, it is certainly…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
General rules, without which no lust will be mortified cites Col. iii. 5
…— ye believers, to whom there is no condemnation, verse 1. They alone are exhorted to it: Col. iii. 5, “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth.” Who should mortify? You who…
- Faithful With Little ·
Two Masters cites Colossians 3:5
…freedom and control. And it asks to be trusted. That is why Paul calls greed “idolatry” (Colossians 3:5), and why he warns that “no one who is greedy (for the greedy person is an idolater), has…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
Be Killing Sin cites COLOSSIANS 3:5
…inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. COLOSSIANS 3:5 Then comes the sentence for which Owen is remembered. Being dead with Christ, he says…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 16 — How Christ Performed the Office of Redeemer in Procuring Our Salvation cites Col. 3:5
…with Christ, he inculcates, “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth,” (Col. 3:5); so from our being risen with Christ he infers, “seek those things which are above…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
The Christian Warfare cites COLOSSIANS 3:5
…“Not one sin is to be spared.” Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth. COLOSSIANS 3:5 He was a realist about what this war would feel like. There is no bed of down for the…
- The Mortification of Sin (For Teens) ·
Be Killing Sin cites Colossians 3:5
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth.” — Colossians 3:5 (KJV) Owen’s book starts from one Bible verse, Romans 8:13: “if ye through the Spirit do…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Col 3: 5
…than one; Mammon is his god. He has a god of gold, therefore he is called an idolater. Col 3: 5. Covetousness breaks the second commandment: ‘Thou shalt not make any graven image, thou…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.5 The Lord's Supper cites Col 3: 5
…with earth cannot ascend to heavenly cogitations. ‘Covetousness, which is idolatry.’ Col 3: 5. Will Christ come into the heart where there is an idol? Search for this leaven before…