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Colossians 3:12
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10 and have put on the new man who ais renewed in knowledge baccording to the image of Him who ccreated him,  
11 where there is neither aGreek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, bbut Christ is all and in all.  

Character of the New Man

12 Therefore, aas the elect of God, holy and beloved, bput on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;  
13 abearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.  
14 aBut above all these things bput on love, which is the cbond of perfection.  
15 And let athe peace of God rule in your hearts, bto which also you were called cin one body; and dbe thankful.  
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another ain psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.  
17 And awhatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.  

The Christian Home

18 aWives, submit to your own husbands, bas is fitting in the Lord.  
19 aHusbands, love your wives and do not be bbitter toward them.  
20 aChildren, obey your parents bin all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.  
21 aFathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Colossians 3:12

Put on - as the elect of God - As the principal design of the apostle was to show that God had chosen the Gentiles, and called them to the same privileges as the Jews, and intended to make them as truly his people as the Jews ever were, he calls them the elect or chosen of God; and as the Jews, who were formerly the elect, were still beloved, and called to be holy, so he calls the Colossians beloved, and shows them that they are called with the same holy calling.

Bowels of mercies, etc - Be merciful, not in act merely, but in spirit and affection. In all cases of this kind let your heart dictate to your hand; be clothed with bowels of mercy - let your tenderest feelings come in contact with the miseries of the distressed as soon as ever they present themselves. Though I know that to put on, and to be clothed with, are figurative expressions, and mean to assume such and such characters and qualities; yet there may be a higher meaning here. The apostle would have them to feel the slightest touch of another' s misery; and, as their clothes are put over their body, so their tenderest feeling should be always within the reach of the miserable. Let your feelings be at hand, and feel and commiserate as soon as touched. See on Ephesians 4:2 (note). Instead of mercies, in the plural, almost every MS. of importance, with many of the fathers, read , bowels of mercy, in the singular. This various reading makes scarcely any alteration in the sense.


 
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