Colossians 3:3

Translations

Modern

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Traditional

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Literal

For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.

Latin

Mortui enim estis, et vita vestra est abscondita cum Christo in Deo.

Original

Greek

English

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Notes

Colossians 3:3–4

you died: See 2:20.
What is now hidden will be revealed one day (compare 1:26). We cannot see Christ sitting at the right hand of God or that we have new life with Christ. But by faith in the good news, we know these things are true. When Christ returns in glory, everyone will see his supremacy. Then our relationship to him will become direct experience.

Colossians 3:1–11

Paul calls on the Colossians to adopt a new mindset that leads to a different way of living.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Holiness and Sexual Purity Living for Christ The Old Life and the New Life The Promise of New Life The Resurrection of the Dead

Related verses

Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Romans 6:2
Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
Colossians 2:20
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
John 5:24
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
Romans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
1 Peter 1:3–5
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 5:21
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
1 Peter 3:4
…but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
John 14:19
In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.

Parallels

Ephesians 4:17–32

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Biblical Concept of Law Death Elemental Spirits, Elements Gospel Incarnation Letter to the Colossians World

Topics

Fellowship with Christ Jesus, the Christ: Saviour Righteous: Described Righteousness: Fruits of Spiritual Life is Hidden with Christ Spirituality: Brings Indifference to Worldly Good The Dead: Freedom from the Power of Sin

Colossians 3:3

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