Colossians 3:16

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Colossians 3:16

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Summary

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Dwell

All

Teaching

In psalms

And spiritual

Singing

To the

Colossians 3:23

General references

Psalm 81:2

Proverbs 2:10

Bible References

Dwell

so shall these words which I am commanding thee to-day, be upon thy heart;

Therefore shall ye lay these my words upon your heart, and upon your soul, - and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall serve as bands between your eyes;

The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Thy words, were found, and I did eat them, Then became thy words unto me the joy and gladness of my heart, - For thy Name hath been called upon me, O Yahweh God of hosts!

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was submitting himself unto them. And, his mother, was closely observing all these things in her heart.

If ye abide in me, and, my sayings, in you, abide, whatsoever ye may be desiring, ask! and it shall be brought to pass for you.

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye understand him who was from the beginning: I have written you, young men, because ye are, strong, and the word of God, within you, abideth, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

All

For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard of you , cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking - that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,

Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad, - for who is able to judge this thine honoured people?

For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;

The wisdom of the prudent, is to understand his way, but, the folly of dullards, is a fraud.

A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.

Turning aside from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people, - So that, widows, become, their spoil, And of the fatherless, they make prey.

That, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you a Spirit of wisdom and understanding in gaining a personal knowledge of him, -

For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;

But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

But, the wisdom from above, is - first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

Teaching

Whom we are declaring, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man complete in Christ;

But I am persuaded my brethren, - even, I myself, concerning you: that, ye yourselves, also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also, unto one another, to be ministering admonition:

So then, be consoling one another with these words.

Wherefore be consoling one another, and building up, each the other, - even as ye are also doing.

And, not as an enemy, be esteeming him, but be admonishing him, as a brother.

Wherefore, the slackened hands and paralysed knees, restore ye,

In psalms

And, having sung praise, they went forth unto the Mount of Olives.

What, then, is it, brethren? Whensoever ye are coming together, each one, hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath a translation: - let, all things, be done, unto building up.

Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;

In distress, is any among you? Let him pray; Cheerful, is any? Let him strike the strings;

And spiritual

And, the number of them - with their brethren, who were instructed in singing unto Yahweh, - even all the skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

For, in the days of David and Asaph, of old, there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving, unto God.

Thou, art a hiding-place for me, From distress, wilt thou preserve me, - With shouts of deliverance, wilt thou compass me about. Selah.

Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.

The Song of Songs, which pertaineth to Solomon.

Let me sing, I pray you, for a well-beloved of mine, The song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: - A vineyard, had my well-beloved on a very fruitful hill;

In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah, - A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart,

A song, shall ye have, As in the night of hallowing a festival, - And gladness of heart, As when one goeth with the flute to enter Into the mountain of Yahweh Unto the Rock of Israel.

and they sing a new song, saying - Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood men out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

And they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And, no one, was able to learn the song, save the hundred and forty-four thousand, who had been redeemed from the earth.

and they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying - Great and marvelous, are thy works, Lord, God, the Almighty! Righteous and true, are thy ways, O King of the ages!

Singing

Your discourse being always with benefit, with salt, seasoned, - that ye may know how it behoveth you, unto each one, to be making answer.

Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help, - Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.

Thou hast turned my lamentation, into a dance for me, - Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:

Sing praises unto God, sing praises, Sing praises to our King, sing praises;

Thus, will I bless thee while I live, In thy Name, will I lift up mine outspread hands:

My lips shall make a joyful noise, When I make music unto thee, And my soul which thou hast ransomed;

Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, - And all that is within me, his holy Name;

I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song:

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray also with the mind, - I will strike the strings with the spirit, butI will strike the strings also with the mind.

To the

Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men,-

General references

Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:

When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,