Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Forbearing one another (anexomenoi allhlwn). Present middle (direct) participle of anexw with the ablative case (allhlwn), "holding yourselves back from one another."
Forgiving each other (xarizomenoi eautoiv). Present middle participle also of xarizomai with the dative case of the reflexive pronoun (eautoiv) instead of the reciprocal just before (allhlwn).
If any man have (ean tiv exh). Third class condition (ean and present active subjunctive of exw).
Complaint (momfhn). Old word from memfomai, to blame. Only here in N.T. Note prov here with tina in the sense of against for comparison with prov in 2:31.
Even as the Lord (kaqwv kai o Kuriov). Some MSS. read Xristov for Kuriov. But Christ's forgiveness of us is here made the reason for our forgiveness of others. See Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14 f. where our forgiveness of others is made by Jesus a prerequisite to our obtaining forgiveness from God.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Colossians 3:13:
Acts 19:38
1 Corinthians 6:7
Ephesians 4:1
Colossians 2:13
Colossians 2:23
2 Thessalonians 1:4
Hebrews 13:22
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