At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.
Colossians 3:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. American Standard Version (1901) For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Common English Bible You died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Catholic Public Domain Version For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For you are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God. |
At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.
In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live too.
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well , of water springing up in him for eternal life.’
And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.
‘Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgement but has passed from death to life.
For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
So it is written, The first man Adam became a living being; , the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
But the person without the Spirit does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel
If you died with Christ to the elements of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations:
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.
but rather what is inside the heart , #– #the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.
Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears, we will be like him because we will see him as he is.
‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna. , I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.