Proverbs 10:12

10:12 Hatred ¹  stirs up dissension,

but love covers all transgressions. ² 

Proverbs 10:2

10:2 Treasures gained by wickedness ³  do not profit,

but righteousness ⁴  delivers from mortal danger. ⁵ 

Colossians 1:6

1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel ⁶  is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing ⁷  among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

Galatians 5:22

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit ⁸  is love, ⁹  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ¹⁰ 

Ephesians 4:2

4:2 with all humility and gentleness, ¹¹  with patience, bearing with ¹²  one another in love,

Colossians 1:11

1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of ¹³  all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

Colossians 3:12

Exhortation to Unity and Love

3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, ¹⁴  kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Colossians 3:2

3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Colossians 2:1

2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, ¹⁵  and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face. ¹⁶ 

Colossians 3:10

3:10 and have been clothed with the new man ¹⁷  that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

Colossians 3:2

3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Colossians 4:2

Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission

4:2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

James 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ¹⁸  full of mercy and good fruit, ¹⁹  impartial, and not hypocritical. ²⁰ 

James 3:1

The Power of the Tongue

3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, ²¹  because you know that we will be judged more strictly. ²² 

James 4:8

4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. ²³ 

[10:12]  ¹ sn This contrasts the wicked motivated by hatred (animosity, rejection) with the righteous motivated by love (kind acts, showing favor).

[10:12]  ² sn Love acts like forgiveness. Hatred looks for and exaggerates faults; but love seeks ways to make sins disappear (e.g., 1 Pet 4:8).

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “treasures of wickedness” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “Ill-gotten gains”; TEV “Wealth that you get by dishonesty.”

[10:2]  ⁴ sn The term “righteousness” here means honesty (cf. TEV). Wealth has limited value even if gained honestly; but honesty delivers from mortal danger.

[10:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “death.” This could refer to literal death, but it is probably figurative here for mortal danger or ruin.

[1:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “just as in the entire world it is bearing fruit.” The antecedent (“the gospel”) of the implied subject (“it”) of ἐστιν (estin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:6]  ⁷ tn Though the participles are periphrastic with the present tense verb ἐστίν (estin), the presence of the temporal indicator “from the day” in the next clause indicates that this is a present tense that reaches into the past and should be translated as “has been bearing fruit and growing.” For a discussion of this use of the present tense, see ExSyn 519-20.

[5:22]  ⁸ tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.

[5:22]  ⁹ sn Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a colon (love: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). It is thus possible to read the eight characteristics following “love” as defining love.

[5:22]  ¹⁰ tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.

[4:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “meekness.” The word is often used in Hellenistic Greek of the merciful execution of justice on behalf of those who have no voice by those who are in a position of authority (Matt 11:29; 21:5).

[4:2]  ¹² tn Or “putting up with”; or “forbearing.”

[1:11]  ¹³ tn The expression “for the display of” is an attempt to convey in English the force of the Greek preposition εἰς (eis) in this context.

[3:12]  ¹⁴ tn If the genitive construct σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ (splancna oiktirmou) is a hendiadys then it would be “compassion” or “tenderheartedness.” See M. J. Harris, Colossians and Philemon (EGGNT), 161.

[2:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “I want you to know how hard I am working for you…”

[2:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.”

[3:10]  ¹⁷ sn Put off all such things. The commands in vv. 8-9 are based on two reasons given in vv. 9-10 – reasons which are expressed in terms of a metaphor about clothing oneself. Paul says that they have put off the old man and have put on the new man. Two things need to be discussed in reference to Paul’s statement. (1) What is the meaning of the clothing imagery (i.e., the “have put off” and “have been clothed”)? (2) What is the meaning of the old man and the new man? Though some commentators understand the participles “have put off” (v. 9) and “have been clothed” (v. 10) as imperatives (i.e., “put off!” and “put on!”), this use of participles is extremely rare in the NT and thus unlikely here. It is better to take them as having the semantic force of indicatives, and thus they give an explanation of what had happened to the Colossians at the time of their conversion – they had taken off the old man and put on the new when they trusted in Christ (cf. 1:4). While it is difficult to say for certain what the background to Paul’s “clothing” metaphor might be (whether it is primarily Jewish and comes from the OT, or primarily Gentile and comes from some facet of the Greco-Roman religious milieu), it is nonetheless clear, on the basis of Paul’s usage of the expression, that the old man refers to man as he is in Adam and dominated by sin (cf. Rom 6:6; Eph 4:22), while the new man refers to the Christian whose new sphere of existence is in Christ. Though the metaphor of clothing oneself primarily reflects outward actions, there is a distinct inward aspect to it, as the rest of v. 10 indicates: being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it. Paul’s point, then, is that Christians should take off their dirty clothing (inappropriate behavior) and put on clean clothing (behavior consistent with knowing Christ) because this has already been accomplished in a positional sense at the time of their conversion (cf. Gal 3:27 with Rom 13:14).

[3:17]  ¹⁸ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ²⁰ tn Or “sincere.”

[3:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[3:1]  ²² tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”

[4:8]  ²³ tn Or “two-minded” (the same description used in 1:8).