Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Vol. Our “life” is “laid up for” us in God (Col 1:5), and is secured by the decree of Him who is invisible to the world (2 Ti 4:8). As yet Christians do not always recognize the “life” of one another, so hidden is it, and even at times doubt as to their own life, so weak is it, and so harassed with temptations (Ps 51:1–19 Ro 7:1–25). “It doth not yet appear (Greek, ‘is not yet manifested’) what we shall be” (1 Jn 3:2 1 Pe 1:7). The Christian’s secret communion with God will now at times make itself seen without his intending it (Mt 5:14, 16) but his full manifestation is at Christ’s manifestation (Mt 13:43 Ro 8:19–23). Compare Mt 13:31, 33, “like … leaven … hid.” As the glory of Christ now is hid from the world, so also the glory of believers’ inner life, proceeding from communion with Him, is still hidden with Christ in God but (Col 3:4) when Christ, the Source of this life, shall manifest Himself in glory, then shall their hidden glory be manifest, and correspond in appearance to its original. Īnd your life … hid-(Ps 83:3) like a seed buried in the earth compare “planted,” Ro 6:5. “No one longs for eternal, incorruptible, and immortal life, unless he be wearied of this temporal, corruptible, and mortal life”. in the regeneration what believers are told is, Develop this spiritual life in practice. It is not said, Ye must die practically to the world in order to become dead with Christ but the latter is assumed as once for all having taken place. The Greek aorist tense implies, “For ye have died once for all” (Col 2:12 Ro 6:4–7).Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians (p. 8:24.) Nor does he teach that our life is hid merely in the opinion of the world, but even as to our own view, because this is the true and necessary trial of our hope, that being encompassed, as it were, with death, we may seek life somewhere else than in the world.Ĭalvin, J., & Pringle, J. But those things which are already seen with our eyes are not hoped for. For what is to be more desired by us than this-that our life remain with the very fountain of life? Hence there is no reason why we should be alarmed if, on looking around on every side, we nowhere see life. 1:12,) nor deceive in the guardianship which he has undertaken and, secondly, the fellowship of Christ brings still greater security. For, in the first place, God is faithful, and therefore will not deny what has been committed to him, (2 Tim. And in order that our waiting may not be painful, let us observe those expressions, in God, and with Christ, which intimate that our life is out of danger, although it does not appear. It is worthy of observation, that our life is said to be hid, that we may not murmur or complain if our life, being buried under the ignominy of the cross, and under various distresses, differs nothing from death, but may patiently wait for the day of revelation. when Christ our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory: Here the writer makes a definite reference to the future resurrection, although his main emphasis throughout has been on the present resurrection with Christ.īrown, R. There may be a play on the contrast between a body being “hidden in the earth” at death and being hidden in Christ through a real contract of death or separation from material things.4. tense in “has been hidden” expresses effective continuity until the present. “died” implies a definitive decision (of separation from material practices) the use of the pf. Your life has been hidden with, Christ in God: The use of the Gk aorist in the vb. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. Christ said He was going where “the world will not see Me anymore” (John 14:19). He is not yet glorified, but he is secure and safe in Christ. “Hidden” implies both concealment and safety both invisibility and security. 2:11), and his life is now hidden with Christ in God. At the moment of his salvation, a Christian died to the evil of the “flesh,” the sin nature (Rom. Word Pictures in the New Testament (Col 3:3). No hellish burglar can break that combination. Perfect passive indicative of κρυπτω, old verb, to hide, remains concealed, locked “together with” (συν ) Christ, “in” (ἐν ) God. Definite event, aorist active indicative, died to sin (Rom. It means hidden like in a safe, not our testimony hidden.įor ye died (ἀπεθανετε γαρ ). This means your new life in Christ is secured by/with Christ in/by God, so that no thief can get to it. Ἀπεθάνετε - "you died" aorist meaning said and done. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. What is significant is Paul used ἡ ζωὴ, the term used for eternal life, not ψυχή as in:
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