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Colossians 3:5 KJV
Colossians · chapter 3 · verse 5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Colossians 3:5 · King James Version
Colossians 3:5 in context
3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 8:13
- Galatians 5:19-21
- Galatians 5:24
- 1 Peter 2:11
- Romans 6:13
- Ephesians 5:3-6
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
Key words (Strong's)
- concupiscenceepithymiadesire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lustG1939 →
- covetousnesspleonexiagreedy desire to have more, covetousness, avariceG4124 →
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- uncleannessakatharsiauncleanness, physical, in a moral sense the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate…G167 →
- affectionpathoswhatever befalls one, whether it be sad or joyous, spec. a calamity, mishap, evil…G3806 →
- Mortifynekroōto make dead, to put to death, slay, worn out, of an impotent old man, to deprive of…G3499 →
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The apostle exhorts the Colossians to the mortification of sin, the great hindrance to seeking the things which are above. Since it is our duty to set our affections upon heavenly things, it is our duty to mortify our members which are upon the earth, and which naturally incline us to the things of the world: "Mortify…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-7