Colossians 3

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Colossians 3 turns the letter's theology of Christ into a way of life. Because believers have been raised with Christ, they are to set their minds on things above, put to death the practices of the old self, and put on the new: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and over everything love. The peace of Christ is to rule, the word of Christ to dwell richly, and whatever one does is to be done in the name of the Lord Jesus. The chapter ends with instructions for wives, husbands, children, fathers, slaves, and masters, all reframed around serving the Lord.

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Colossians 3 begins with a "therefore" that rests on everything before it. Paul has spent two chapters insisting that Christ is enough, that no added rule or vision or power can improve on him. Now he says what follows for people who have been raised with Christ: aim your mind where he is. That is not escapism. The chapter is intensely practical from verse 5 onward. It works with the image of clothing. Take off the old self, its sexual sin, its greed which is a form of idolatry, its anger and slander and lying. Put on the new self, and here Paul lists what it wears: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forbearance, forgiveness on the pattern of Christ's own, and over all of it love, the belt that holds the outfit together. Then three "lets": let the peace of Christ rule like an umpire in your hearts, let the word of Christ dwell richly among you as you teach and sing, and whatever you do, do it in the name of the Lord Jesus with thanks. The household instructions that close the chapter can sound dated, and they belong to Paul's world, but notice what he does with them. Every role is placed "in the Lord," and the slave, the lowest person in the house, is told that his real Master is Christ and his real reward an inheritance. The chapter's deepest claim is verse 11: in this new humanity, Christ is all, and is in all.

主要な箇所

Colossians 3:1-4 Colossians 3:5-11 Colossians 3:12-17 Colossians 3:23-24 Ephesians 5:18-21

Historical and literary context

Paul wrote Colossians from prison to a church in the Lycus valley of Asia Minor that he had not founded or visited, apparently troubled by teaching that added rules, visions, and spiritual powers to Christ. Chapters 1 and 2 answer that Christ is sufficient; chapter 3 shows what a life shaped by that sufficiency looks like. The closing household instructions address the standard relationships of a Roman household and, unusually for the time, speak to wives, children, and slaves as moral agents in their own right.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 4 state the foundation: raised with Christ, hidden with Christ, to appear with Christ in glory. Verses 5 to 11 are the "put to death" and "put aside" lists, sexual sin, greed named as idolatry, anger, slander, lying, ending with the new self renewed in the Creator's image where "Christ is all and is in all." Verses 12 to 17 are the "clothe yourselves" list of virtues, forgiveness as the Lord forgave, love as the bond, peace ruling, the word of Christ dwelling richly, singing with gratitude, and everything done in Jesus's name. Verses 18 to 25 address the household, with the repeated note that all of it is "in the Lord," and the promise that workers serve "the Lord Christ."

Why this chapter matters

This chapter gives Christian ethics its characteristic shape: not rules imposed from outside but a new identity lived out, taking off old clothes and putting on new ones. It is the source of the phrase "greed, which is idolatry," of the instruction to let the word of Christ dwell richly through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and of the principle that any work can be done for the Lord rather than for people. Verse 11, erasing Greek and Jew, slave and free, is one of the New Testament's strongest statements that the church is a new humanity. Verse 13, "Forgive as the Lord forgave you," sets the measure for every Christian relationship.

Interpretive tension to watch

The household code tells wives to submit, children to obey, and slaves to obey their masters, in the language of Paul's world. Readers have long asked how these instructions relate to verse 11, where slave and free are one in Christ, and to the transformation the chapter describes. The chapter does not abolish the household of its day; it fills every role with the phrase "in the Lord" and gives the lowest member a Master in heaven. How that seed grew, and should grow, is a question the church is still answering.

この章のための質問

Paul calls greed idolatry. What does that name reveal about the kinds of desire that quietly take God's place?
The virtues in verse 12 are to be put on like clothes. Which one is missing from your usual wardrobe, and what would putting it on look like this week?
Verse 23 says to do your work for the Lord and not for men. How would your ordinary work change if you believed that?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

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1 그러므로 너희가 그리스도와 함께 다시 살리심을 받았으면 위엣 것을 찾으라 ! 거기는 그리스도께서 하나님 우편에 앉아 계시느니라 2 위엣 것을 생각하고, 땅엣 것을 생각지 말라 ! 3 이는 너희가 죽었고 너희 생명이 그리스도와 함께 하나님 안에 감취었음이니라 4 우리 생명이신 그리스도께서 나타나실 그 때에 너희도 그와 함께 영광 중에 나타나리라 5 그러므로 땅에 있는 지체를 죽이라 곧 음란과 부정과 사욕과 악한 정욕과 탐심이니 탐심은 우상 숭배니라 6 이것들을 인하여 하나님의 진노가 임하느니라 7 너희도 전에 그 가운데 살 때에는 그 가운데서 행하였으나 8 이제는 너희가 이 모든 것을 벗어버리라 곧 분과 악의와 훼방과 너희 입의 부끄러운 말이라 9 너희가 서로 거짓말을 말라 옛 사람과 그 행위를 벗어버리고 10 새 사람을 입었으니 이는 자기를 창조하신 자의 형상을 좇아 지식에까지 새롭게 하심을 받는 자니라 11 거기는 헬라인과 유대인이나 할례당과 무할례당이나 야인이나 스구디아인이나 종이나 자유인이 분별이 있을 수 없나니 오직 그리스도는 만유시요 만유 안에 계시니라 12 그러므로 너희는 하나님의 택하신 거룩하고 사랑하신 자처럼 긍휼과 자비와 겸손과 온유와 오래 참음을 옷입고 13 누가 뉘게 혐의가 있거든 서로 용납하여 피차 용서하되 주께서 너희를 용서하신 것과 같이 너희도 그리하고 14 이 모든 것 위에 사랑을 더하라 이는 온전하게 매는 띠니라 15 그리스도의 평강이 너희 마음을 주장하게 하라 평강을 위하여 너희가 한 몸으로 부르심을 받았나니 또한 너희는 감사하는 자가 되라 16 그리스도의 말씀이 너희 속에 풍성히 거하여 모든 지혜로 피차 가르치며 권면하고 시와 찬미와 신령한 노래를 부르며 마음에 감사함으로 하나님을 찬양하고 17 또 무엇을 하든지 말에나 일에나 다 주 예수의 이름으로 하고 그를 힘입어 하나님 아버지께 감사하라 18 아내들아 ! 남편에게 복종하라 이는 주 안에서 마땅하니라 19 남편들아 ! 아내를 사랑하며 괴롭게 하지 말라 20 자녀들아 ! 모든 일에 부모에게 순종하라 이는 주 안에서 기쁘게 하는 것이니라 21 아비들아 ! 너희 자녀를 격노케 말지니 낙심할까 함이라 22 종들아 모든 일에 육신의 상전들에게 순종하되 사람을 기쁘게 하는 자와 같이 눈가림만 하지 말고 오직 주를 두려워하여 성실한 마음으로 하라 23 무슨 일을 하든지 마음을 다하여 주께 하듯 하고 사람에게 하듯 하지 말라 24 이는 유업의 상을 주께 받을 줄 앎이니 너희는 주 그리스도를 섬기느니라 25 불의를 행하는 자는 불의의 보응을 받으리니 주는 외모로 사람을 취하심이 없느니라

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