to hold oneself up against · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, nominative plural masculine
another
ἀλλήλωνallēlōn
G240
one another · reciprocal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
forgiving
χαριζόμενοιcharizomenoi
G5483
to grant as a favor · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, nominative plural masculine
another
ἑαυτοῖςhe'autois
G1438
him- (her- · reflexive pronoun
if
ἐάνean
G1437
a conditional particle · conditional particle
man
τιςtis
G5100
some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — nominative singular masculine
have
ἔχῃechē
G2192
to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular
quarrel
μομφήν·momphēn
G3437
blame · noun — accusative singular feminine
against
πρόςpros
G4314
a preposition of direction · preposition
any
τιναtina
G5100
some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — accusative singular masculine
even
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
as
καθὼςkathōs
G2531
just (or inasmuch) as · conjunction
Christ
ΧριστόςChristós
G5547
anointed
forgave
ἐχαρίσατοecharisato
G5483
to grant as a favor · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
you
ὑμῖνhymîn
G5213
to (with or by) you
so
οὕτωςhoutōs
G3779
in this way (referring to what precedes or follows) · adverb
also
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
ye
ὑμεῖςhymeîs
G5210
you (as subjective of verb)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Mark 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Matthew 6:14-15 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Romans 15:1-2 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Luke 6:35-37 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of t…
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:12-17
The apostle proceeds to exhort to mutual love and compassion: Put on therefore bowels of mercy, Col 3:12. We must not only put off anger and wrath (as Col 3:8), but we must put on compassion and kindness; not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well; not only not do hurt to any, but do what good we can to all.
I. The argument here used to enforce the exhortation is very affecting: Put on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved. Observe, 1. Those who are holy are the elect of God; and those who are the elect of God, and holy, are beloved - beloved of God, and ought to be so of all men. 2. Those who are the elect of God, holy and beloved, ought to conduct themselves in every thing as becomes…
Forbearing--as to present offenses.
forgiving--as to past offenses.
quarrel--rather as Greek, "cause of blame," "cause of complaint."
Christ--who had so infinitely greater cause of complaint against us. The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read "the Lord." English Version is supported by one very old manuscript and old versions. It seems to have crept in from Eph 4:32.
Adam Clarke on Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another - Avoid all occasions of irritating or provoking each other.
Forgiving one another - If ye receive offense, be instantly ready to forgive on the first acknowledgment of the fault.
Even as Christ forgave you - Who required no satisfaction, and sought for nothing in you but the broken, contrite heart, and freely forgave you as soon as you returned to Him. No man should for a moment harbour ill will in his heart to any; but the offended party is not called actually to forgive, till the offender, with sorrow, acknowledges his fault. He should be ready to forgive, and while he is so, he can neither feel hatred nor malice towards the offender; but, as Christ does not forgive…
"Forbearing," he saith, "one another"; he showeth what is just. Thou forbearest him, and he thee; and so he says in the Epistle to the Galatians, "Bear ye one another's burdens."
"Forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." Again, he speaks after the class, and he always does it; for from kindness comes humbleness of mind, and from this, longsuffering. "Forbearing," he saith, "one another," that is, passing things over And see, how he has shown it to be nothing, by calling it a "complaint," and saying, "even as Christ forgave you." Great is the example! and thus he always does; he exhorts them after Christ. "Complaint," he calls it. In these words indeed he showed it to be a petty matter; but when he has set before us the example, he has persuaded us that even if we had serious charges to bring, we ought to forgive. For the expression, "Even as Christ," signifies this, and not this only, but also with all the heart; and not this alone, but that they ought even to love. For Christ being brought into the midst, bringeth in all these things, both that even if the matters be great, and even if we have not been the first to injure, even if we be of great, they of small account, even if they are sure to insult us afterwards, we ought to lay down our lives for them, (for the words, "even as," demand this;) and that not even at death only ought one to stop, but if possible, to go on even after death.
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Dictionary and topics
Ephesians, Epistle to — Was written by Paul at Rome about the same time as that to the Colossians, which in many points it resembles. Contents of. The Epistle to the Colossians is mainly polemical, designed to refute…
Catholicity · INCUL — INCUL
Charitableness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Christ Is God · As having power to forgive sins — As having power to forgive sins
Commandments · PRECEPTS OF PAUL. EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES — PRECEPTS OF PAUL. EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES
Example · CHRIST, OUR — CHRIST, OUR
Example Of Christ, The · Conformity to, required in: Forgiving injuries — Conformity to, required in: Forgiving injuries
Forgiveness · OF ENEMIES — OF ENEMIES
Forgiveness Of Injuries · Motives to: Christ’s forgiveness of us — Motives to: Christ’s forgiveness of us
Longsuffering · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Love To Man · Should be exhibited, in: Forgiving injuries — Should be exhibited, in: Forgiving injuries
Forbearing one another,.... Not only bearing one another's burdens, and with one another's weaknesses, but forbearing to render evil for evil, or railing for railing, or to seek revenge for affronts given, in whatsoever way, whether by words or deeds:
and forgiving one another; all trespasses and offences, so far as committed against themselves, and praying to God to forgive them, as committed against him:
if any man have a quarrel against any; let him be who he will, high or low, rich or poor, of whatsoever age, state, or condition, and let his quarrel or complaint be what it will, ever so great, or ever so just and well founded, yet let him put up with it, and forgive it:
even as Christ…
Colossians 3:9-13
9. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
9. Ne mentiamini alii diversus alios, postquam exuistis veterem hominem cum actionibus suis:
10. And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
10. Et induistis novum, qui renovatur in agnitionem, secundum imaginem eius, qui creavit eum:
11. Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
11. Ubi non est Graecus nec Judaeus, circumcisio nec praeputium, barbarus, Scytha, servus, liber: sed omnia et in omnibus Christus.
12. Put on therefore, as th…
Paul describes the nature of the new life of people who have been raised with Christ (3:1). Their virtues and activities contribute to the peace and strength of the Christian community.
Works, Good · Saints: Exhorted to put on — Saints: Exhorted to put on
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