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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.  
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Colossians 3:13

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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