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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.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Colossians 3:14

And above all these things - · Upon all, over all; as the outer garment envelopes all the clothing, so let charity or love invest and encompass all the rest. Even bowels of mercy are to be set in motion by love; from love they derive all their feeling, and all their power and promptitude to action. Let this, therefore, be as the upper garment; the surtout that invests the whole man.

Which is the bond of perfectness - Love to God and man is not only to cover all, but also to unite and consolidate the whole. It is therefore represented here under the notion of a girdle, by which all the rest of the clothing is bound close about the body. To love God with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength, and one' s neighbor as one' s self, is the perfection which the new covenant requires, and which the grace and Spirit of Christ work in every sincerely obedient, humble believer; and that very love, which is the fulfilling of the law and the perfection itself which the Gospel requires, is also the bond of that perfection. It is by love to God and man that love is to be preserved. Love begets love; and the more a man loves God and his neighbor, the more he is enabled to do so. Love, while properly exercised, is ever increasing and reproducing itself.

Instead of , perfection, several reputable MSS., with the Itala, read ̔ , unity; but the former is doubtless the genuine reading.


 
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