Easter Season · Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord · Year B
Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8
By Faith
March 28, 2027
Overview & Insights
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)
The Nature and Importance of Faith The mention of the importance of faith in the last two verses of the preceding chapter leads naturally to this famous chapter on faith. It is impossible to know whether the author is making use of a source, which he now takes over in part or totally, or whether he is composing a fresh catalogue of heroes on the model of existing examples. Extensive reviews of the history of Israel had been composed to substantiate a warning or to provide encouragement, and some of these would have been known to our author. As examples, we may mention Psalm 78; Wisdom of Solomon 10; Sirach 44–50; 1 Maccabees 2:51–64; and Acts 7.
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Commentary
Colossians 3 - Put On the New Man Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik on seeking the things above because you were raised with Christ.
Colossians 3:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators on the call to set the mind on things above.
Colossians 3 Commentary Precept Austin
A verse-by-verse study hub with multiple scholars on the risen life in Christ.
Colossians 3:1-4 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed reading of Easter's ongoing claim on daily Christian life.
Commentary on Colossians 3:1-4 Working Preacher
Scholarly exegesis of this exact Easter Day epistle pericope.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Colossians Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on the letter's setting and its resurrection theology.
Colossians Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the whole letter to frame the raised-with-Christ passage.
Colossians 3:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek word-by-word text with parsing for the opening verse.
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What is the roll call of faith?
Hebrews 11 tells of those who trusted God's promise before they saw it, Abraham and Sarah among them, welcoming from afar the fulfillment that comes in Christ.
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