Colossians 3:3

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
dead	ἀπεθάνετε apethanete	G599	to die off (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
your	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
life	ζωὴ zōē	G2222	life (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular feminine
hid	κέκρυπται kekruptai	G2928	to conceal (properly · verb — perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular
with	σὺν sun	G4862	with or together (but much closer than G3326 (μετά) or… · preposition
Christ	Χριστῷ Christō	G5547	anointed · noun — dative singular masculine, a title
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
God	θεῷ· theō	G2316	figuratively · noun — dative singular masculine, a title

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

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by th…
Romans 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Colossians 2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into c…
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by t…
2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:1-4

The apostle, having described our privileges by Christ in the former part of the epistle, and our discharge from the yoke of the ceremonial law, comes here to press upon us our duty as inferred thence. Though we are made free from the obligation of the ceremonial law, it does not therefore follow that we may live as we list. We must walk the more closely with God in all the instances of evangelical obedience. He begins with exhorting them to set their hearts on heaven, and take them off from this world: If you then have risen with Christ. It is our privilege that we have risen with Christ; that is, have benefit by the resurrection of Christ, and by virtue of our union and communion with him…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 3:3

The Greek aorist tense implies, "For ye have died once for all" (Col 2:12; Rom 6:4-7). It is not said, Ye must die practically to the world in order to become dead with Christ; but the latter is assumed as once for all having taken place in the regeneration; what believers are told is, Develop this spiritual life in practice. "No one longs for eternal, incorruptible, and immortal life, unless he be wearied of this temporal, corruptible, and mortal life" [AUGUSTINE]. and your life . . . hid-- (Psa 83:3); like a seed buried in the earth; compare "planted," Rom 6:5. Compare Mat 13:31, Mat 13:33, "like . . . leaven . . . hid." As the glory of Christ now is hid from the world, so also the glory…

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Adam Clarke on Colossians 3:3

For ye are dead - To all hopes of happiness from the present world; and, according to your profession, should feel no more appetite for the things of this life, than he does whose soul is departed into the invisible state. Your life is hid with Christ in God - Christ is your treasure; and where your treasure is, there is your heart. Christ lives in the bosom of the Father; as your heart is in him, ye also sit in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Christ is the life of your souls; and as he is hidden in the bosom of the Father, so are ye, who live through and in him.

The Church Fathers

Our life is hidden until the blessing of eternal life shall be revealed to all, when the glory of Christ shall appear in his second coming. .
— Severian of Gabala,

" The heretic erased the preposition in, and made the clause run thus: ("what is the fellowship of the mystery) which hath for ages been hidden from the God who created all things." The falsification, however, is flagrantly absurd.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book V

"Now our life is hidden with Christ; but when Christ, your life, shall be manifested, then you too shall be manifested with Him in glory." Let us hasten to this life, groaning and lamenting that we are in this tent, that we abide in the body.
— Origen of Alexandria, DIALOGUE WITH HERACLIDES

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Dead, The · Illustrative of: Freedom from the power of sin — Illustrative of: Freedom from the power of sin
Fellowship · WITH CHRIST — WITH CHRIST
Life, Spiritual · Is hidden with Christ — Is hidden with Christ
Righteousness · 2:17;7:10,11;9:10;10:5;13:5; — 2:17;7:10,11;9:10;10:5;13:5;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Colossians 3:3

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 3:3

Adam Clarke on Colossians 3:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Colossians 3:3

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:1-4

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Colossians 3:3

Adam Clarke on Colossians 3:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Colossians 3:3

John Calvin on Colossians 3:1-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Colossians 3:3-4