Pentecost Season · Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11
By Faith
August 6, 2028
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 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through Paul's call to set the mind on things above and put off the old self.
Commentary on Colossians 3:1-11 Working Preacher
Reads the passage's spatial and clothing metaphors as a picture of baptismal union with Christ.
Colossians 3:1-11 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Frames the ethical instructions as a fitting response to the letter's earlier claims about Christ.
Colossians 3 Commentary Precept Austin
Gives a verse-by-verse word study of putting off the old self and putting on the new.
Colossians 3:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Collects classic commentary on seeking the things that are above.
Background & Word Study
Colossians 3:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Shows the Greek text word by word for the call to set one's mind above.
Colossians Enter the Bible
Provides a Luther Seminary introduction to the letter's themes and setting.
Book of Colossians Summary BibleProject
Gives an animated overview of the letter's call to live out union with the risen Christ.
Questions preachers ask
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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