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Selected Verse: Colossians 3:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Col 3:13 |
Strong Concordance |
Forbearing [430] one another [240], and [2532] forgiving [5483] one another [1438], if [1437] any man [5100] have [2192] a quarrel [3437] against [4314] any [5100]: even as [2531] [2532] Christ [5547] forgave [5483] you [5213], so [3779] also [2532] do ye [5210]. |
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King James |
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Forbearing--as to present offenses.
forgiving--as to past offenses.
quarrel--rather as Greek, "cause of blame," "cause of complaint."
Christ--who had so infinitely greater cause of complaint against us. The oldest manuscripts and Vulgate read "the Lord." English Version is supported by one very old manuscript and old versions. It seems to have crept in from Eph 4:32. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Forbearing one another - Notes, Eph 4:2.
And forgiving one another - Notes, Mat 6:12, Mat 6:14.
If any man have a quarrel against any - Margin, "or complaint." The word used here - μομφή momphē - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means, "fault found, blame, censure;" and here denotes occasion of complaint. The idea is, that if another one has given us just occasion of complaint, we are to forgive him; that is, we are:
(1) to harbor no malice against him;
(2) we are to be ready to do him good as if he had not given us occasion of complaint;
(3) we are to be willing to declare that we forgive him when be asks it; and,
(4) we are always afterward to treat him as kindly as if he had not injured us - as God treats us when he forgives us; see the notes at Mat 18:21.
Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye - Learn here that Christ has power to forgive sin; compare the Mat 9:6 note; Act 5:31 note. Christ forgave us:
(1) freely - he did not hesitate or delay when we asked him;
(2) entirely - he pardoned all our offences;
(3) forever - he did it so as to remember our sins no more, and to treat us ever onward as if we had not sinned.
So we should forgive an offending brother. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
One another - one another (ἀλλήλων - ἑαυτοῖς)
Lit., one another - yourselves. For a similar variation of the pronoun see Eph 4:32; Pe1 4:8-10. The latter pronoun emphasizes the fact that they are all members of Christ's body - everyone members one of another - so that, in forgiving each other they forgive themselves.
Quarrel (μομφήν)
Only here in the New Testament. Cause of blame. Rev., complaint. The A.V. uses quarrel in its earlier sense of cause of complaint. So Shakespeare:
"The lady Beatrice hath a quarrel to you."
"Much Ado," ii., 1.
"Against whom comest thou, and what's thy quarrel?"
"Richard II.," i., 3, 33.
Holinshed: "He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him." It was used of a plaintiff's action at law, like the Latin querela. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Forbearing one another - If anything is now wrong. And forgiving one another - What is past. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Forbearing one another - Avoid all occasions of irritating or provoking each other.
Forgiving one another - If ye receive offense, be instantly ready to forgive on the first acknowledgment of the fault.
Even as Christ forgave you - Who required no satisfaction, and sought for nothing in you but the broken, contrite heart, and freely forgave you as soon as you returned to Him. No man should for a moment harbour ill will in his heart to any; but the offended party is not called actually to forgive, till the offender, with sorrow, acknowledges his fault. He should be ready to forgive, and while he is so, he can neither feel hatred nor malice towards the offender; but, as Christ does not forgive us till with penitent hearts we return unto him, acknowledging our offenses, so those who have trespassed against their neighbor are not to expect any act of forgiveness from the person they have injured, till they acknowledge the offense. Forgive, says the apostle, καθως και ὁ Χριστος even as Christ forgave you - show the same disposition and the same readiness to forgive your offending brethren, as Christ showed towards you. |
32 And [1161] be [1096] ye kind [5543] one to another [1519] [240], tenderhearted [2155], forgiving [5483] one another [1438], even as [2531] [2532] God [2316] for [1722] Christ's [5547] sake [1722] hath forgiven [5483] you [5213].
31 Him [5126] hath God [2316] exalted [5312] with his [846] right hand [1188] to be a Prince [747] and [2532] a Saviour [4990], for to give [1325] repentance [3341] to Israel [2474], and [2532] forgiveness [859] of sins [266].
6 But [1161] that [2443] ye may know [1492] that [3754] the Son [5207] of man [444] hath [2192] power [1849] on [1909] earth [1093] to forgive [863] sins [266], (then [5119] saith he [3004] to the sick of the palsy [3885],) Arise [1453], take up [142] thy [4675] bed [2825], and [2532] go [5217] unto [1519] thine [4675] house [3624].
21 Then [5119] came [4334] Peter [4074] to him [846], and said [2036], Lord [2962], how oft [4212] shall my [3450] brother [80] sin [264] against [1519] me [1691], and [2532] I forgive [863] him [846]? till [2193] seven times [2034]?
14 For [1063] if [1437] ye forgive [863] men [444] their [846] trespasses [3900], your [5216] heavenly [3770] Father [3962] will also [2532] forgive [863] you [5213]:
12 And [2532] forgive [863] us [2254] our [2257] debts [3783], as [2532] [5613] we [2249] forgive [863] our [2257] debtors [3781].
2 With [3326] all [3956] lowliness [5012] and [2532] meekness [4236], with [3326] longsuffering [3115], forbearing [430] one another [240] in [1722] love [26];
8 And [1161] above [4253] all things [3956] have [2192] fervent [1618] charity [26] among [1519] yourselves [1438]: for [3754] charity [26] shall cover [2572] the multitude [4128] of sins [266].
9 Use hospitality [5382] one to another [1519] [240] without [427] grudging [1112].
10 As [2531] every man [1538] hath received [2983] the gift [5486], even so minister [1247] the same [846] one to another [1519] [1438], as [5613] good [2570] stewards [3623] of the manifold [4164] grace [5485] of God [2316].
32 And [1161] be [1096] ye kind [5543] one to another [1519] [240], tenderhearted [2155], forgiving [5483] one another [1438], even as [2531] [2532] God [2316] for [1722] Christ's [5547] sake [1722] hath forgiven [5483] you [5213].