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died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/nasb_/colossians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/nasb/colossians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/nasb77/colossians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/lsb/colossians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For you died and your life has been hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/amp/colossians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/csb/colossians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/hcsb/colossians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. <a href="/asv/colossians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. <a href="/cev/colossians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You died, which means that your life is hidden with Christ, who sits beside God. <a href="/erv/colossians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. <a href="/gwt/colossians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/gnt/colossians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/isv/colossians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> For you have died, and your life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God. <a href="/msb/colossians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/net/colossians/3.htm">NET Bible</a> for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/nheb/colossians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/wbt/colossians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. <a href="/wey/colossians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/web/colossians/3.htm">World English Bible</a> For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/colossians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for you died, and your life has been hid with the Christ in God; <a href="/blb/colossians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For you have died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/ylt/colossians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God; <a href="/slt/colossians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For ye died, and your life has been hid with Christ in God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/colossians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For you are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God. <a href="/cpdv/colossians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/nabre/colossians/3.htm">New American Bible</a> For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/nrsvce/colossians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/colossians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/colossians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For you have died to yourselves and your lives are hidden with The Messiah in God.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/colossians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> for you are dead, and your life is hid with the Christ in God. <a href="/godbey/colossians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For ye are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God: <a href="/haweis/colossians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. <a href="/mace/colossians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for you are dead to them, and Christ has secured your life with God. <a href="/wey/colossians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <a href="/worrell/colossians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> for ye died, and your life has been hid with Christ in God. <a href="/worsley/colossians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For ye are dead as to the world, and your life is hid with Christ in God. <a href="/parallel/colossians/3-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7q-K-qsfihQ?start=521" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/colossians/3.htm">Putting on the New Self</a> …2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/599.htm" title="599: apethanete (V-AIA-2P) -- To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.">you died,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2222.htm" title="2222: zōē (N-NFS) -- Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.">life</a> <a href="/greek/2928.htm" title="2928: kekryptai (V-RIM/P-3S) -- To hide, conceal, lay up. A primary verb; to conceal.">is now hidden</a> <a href="/greek/4862.htm" title="4862: syn (Prep) -- With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.">with</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christō (N-DMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theō (N-DMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4-5</a> We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. / For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. <a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-6</a> But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! / And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20</a> But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, <a href="/romans/8-10.htm">Romans 8:10</a> But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. <a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3-5</a> Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, / and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, / who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. <a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a> Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. <a href="/romans/6-8.htm">Romans 6:8</a> Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-22.htm">1 Corinthians 15:22</a> For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13-14</a> And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, / who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory. <a href="/john/14-19.htm">John 14:19</a> In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live. <a href="/2_timothy/2-11.htm">2 Timothy 2:11</a> This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him; <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div> For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.are.<a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Colossians 2:20</a> Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,<a href="/romans/6-2.htm">Romans 6:2</a> God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?<a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.your.<a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4</a> When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.<a href="/colossians/1-5.htm">Colossians 1:5</a> For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.hid.<a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Colossians 2:3</a> In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.<a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a> At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.<a href="/1_corinthians/2-14.htm">1 Corinthians 2:14</a> But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Die</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Died</a> <a href="/colossians/3-2.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Life</a> <a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Secret</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-10.htm">Die</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm">Died</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-25.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-25.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/colossians/3-4.htm">Life</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-7.htm">Secret</a><div class="vheading2">Colossians 3</div>1. <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">He shows where we should seek Christ.</a> 5. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">He exhorts to holiness;</a> 10. <a href="/colossians/3-10.htm">to put off the old self, and put on Christ;</a> 12. <a href="/colossians/3-12.htm">exhorting to charity, humility, </a> 18. <a href="/colossians/3-18.htm">and other duties.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/colossians/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/colossians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/colossians/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For you died This phrase refers to the spiritual death that occurs when a believer accepts Christ. It signifies the end of the old self, which is dominated by sin and worldly desires. This concept is rooted in the idea of dying to sin, as seen in <a href="/romans/6-2.htm">Romans 6:2-4</a>, where Paul explains that believers are baptized into Christ's death. The death here is metaphorical, representing a decisive break from the past life of sin. Historically, this aligns with the early Christian practice of baptism, symbolizing death to the old life and resurrection to a new life in Christ.and your life is now hidden The notion of being "hidden" suggests security and protection. In the cultural context of the time, being hidden could imply being kept safe from harm or being preserved for a future purpose. This aligns with the biblical theme of God as a refuge and fortress, as seen in Psalms 27:5. The hidden life also indicates a transformation that is not yet fully visible to the world, echoing the idea of the already-but-not-yet aspect of salvation.with Christ This phrase emphasizes the believer's union with Christ, a central theme in Pauline theology. Being "with Christ" signifies a close, personal relationship and shared identity with Him. This union is foundational to the Christian life, as it is through Christ that believers receive spiritual blessings and eternal life. Theologically, this reflects the concept of being in Christ, as mentioned in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>, where believers are described as new creations.in God The phrase "in God" underscores the ultimate source of the believer's security and identity. It reflects the Trinitarian relationship, where Christ is in God, and believers are in Christ. This connection provides assurance of salvation and eternal life, as seen in <a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-30</a>, where Jesus speaks of His followers being secure in the Father's hand. The cultural context of the time would have understood this as a profound statement of belonging and protection, contrasting with the insecurity of pagan beliefs.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Colossians, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_at_colossae.htm">The Church at Colossae</a> A Christian community in the ancient city of Colossae, located in modern-day Turkey. The letter addresses issues of false teachings and encourages believers to live in Christ. 3. <a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a> Central to the verse, Christ is the one with whom believers' lives are hidden, signifying a deep spiritual union and security. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The ultimate source of life and security, in whom believers are hidden through their union with Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/d/death_to_sin.htm">Death to Sin</a> The event of spiritual transformation where believers are considered to have died to their old sinful nature, symbolizing a new life in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> As believers, our true identity is found in Christ. We are no longer defined by our past sins or worldly status but by our relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/s/security_and_assurance.htm">Security and Assurance</a> Our lives being "hidden with Christ in God" assures us of eternal security. This hiddenness implies protection and a profound connection with the divine. <a href="/topical/l/living_a_transformed_life.htm">Living a Transformed Life</a> Since we have died to our old selves, we are called to live in a way that reflects our new life in Christ. This involves daily choices that align with His teachings. <a href="/topical/f/focus_on_the_eternal.htm">Focus on the Eternal</a> Our hidden life in Christ encourages us to set our minds on things above, prioritizing spiritual growth and eternal values over temporary worldly concerns. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a> Being part of the body of Christ means we are not alone. We are encouraged to support one another in living out our hidden life in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_colossians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Colossians 3</a> <a href="/q/what_is_being_hidden_with_christ.htm">What does it mean to be hidden with Christ?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_it_for_brethren_to_unite.htm">What does it mean to be hidden with Christ?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_kibbutz.htm">What does the Word of Christ mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'raised_with_christ'_mean.htm">What does "Raised with Christ" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/colossians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Ye are dead.--Properly, ye died. See <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm" title=" Why if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances,">Colossians 2:20</a>, and Note there. The phrase here is to be taken in its whole sense, both of "death to sin" and "death to the visible world."Your life is hid with Christ in God . . . Christ who is our life.--In these two phrases, again, we pass from a lower to a higher expression of the same truth. (1) First, "our life is hid with Christ in God." The spiritual life in man is a "hidden life," having its source in God; the full conviction of it, as distinct from the mere instinctive consciousness of it in the mind itself, comes only from the belief that it is the image of God in us, and is sustained by constant communion with Him. If God be our God at all, we must live; for "He is not the God of the dead, but of the living" (<a href="/matthew/22-32.htm" title="I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.">Matthew 22:32</a>). It is also "hid with Christ." Our Lord's ascent to His glory in heaven is at once the pledge and the means of this our spiritual communion with God. It is "with Him" that we can "in heart and mind ascend;" it is "with Him" that we can "continually dwell." (2) But this is not all. "Christ is our life" now as well as hereafter. This is simply a summary of the two truths;" Christ liveth in me (see <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm" title="I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.">Galatians 2:20</a>), as the source of life; and "To me to live (the actual condition of life) is Christ" (<a href="/philippians/1-21.htm" title="For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.">Philippians 1:21</a>). It is but a brief expression of faith in the truth which our Lord Himself declared (<a href="/john/11-25.htm" title="Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:">John 11:25</a>), "I am the Life; whoso liveth and believeth in Me shall never die." (Comp. <a href="/john/14-6.htm" title="Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.">John 14:6</a>.) Hence our spiritual life is not only a being "with Christ;" it is also unity with Christ in the bosom of the Father. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/colossians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - For ye died, and your life is hid, with Christ, in God (<a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11-13, 20</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22</a>; <a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20</a>; <a href="/romans/6-1.htm">Romans 6:1-14</a>; <a href="/romans/7-1.htm">Romans 7:1-6</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm">2 Corinthians 5:14, 15</a>; <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/3-23.htm">1 Corinthians 3:23</a>; <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a>; <a href="/john/12-26.htm">John 12:26</a>; <a href="/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21</a>). In this hidden life of the Christian lies the ground and the spring of the more outward life of thought and endeavour of vers. 1, 2. And this life comes through death, from that "dying with Christ" out of which we "rose with him" (ver. 1; <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11-13, 20</a>; <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3, 4, 8</a>). "The aorist ἀπεθάνετε ('ye died') denotes the past act; the perfect κέκρυπται ('hath been and is hid') the permanent effects" (Lightfoot). (On the nature of this death, see notes to <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11-13</a>.) "Died - and your life!" this paradox is explained in <a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Romans 6:10, 11</a>, and repeated in <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm">2 Corinthians 5:14, 15</a>. The Christian's life is lodged in the sphere of "the unseen and eternal." It centres in Christ, and as he is hidden - withdrawn from the world of sense, yet with us always in his Spirit (<a href="/john/14-16.htm">John 14:16-20</a>; <a href="/john/16-16.htm">John 16:16-22</a>) - so our life with him. And if "with Christ," then "in God;" for "Christ is God's" (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-23.htm">1 Corinthians 3:23</a>); "lives to God" (<a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Romans 6:10</a>), and "is at God's right hand" (ver. 1), being "the Son of his love" (<a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13</a>; <a href="/john/1-18.htm">John 1:18</a>). The apostle says, "in God" ("in heaven," <a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Philippians 3:19</a>), to emphasize the fact of the union of Christ with God, or perhaps to deepen the reader's sense of the sacredness of this life in Christ (comp. <a href="/1_timothy/6-14.htm">1 Timothy 6:14-16</a>). "Is hid" (<a href="/colossians/1-26.htm">Colossians 1:26, 27</a>; <a href="/colossians/2-2.htm">Colossians 2:2, 3</a>), another allusion to the fondness of the Colossian errorists for mysteries. In <a href="/colossians/1-26.htm">Colossians 1:26</a> St. Paul spoke of the ancient mystery of a Christ for all the world; then of the new, perpetual mystery of a Christ dwelling within believing hearts. But this second mystery is equally that of our life in Christ as of Christ's life in us, lifting us to heaven while it brings him down to earth. This mutual indwelling of the Head in heaven and the members upon earth is the most intimate and inscrutable of all secrets (<a href="/john/14-20.htm">John 14:20</a>; <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-7</a>; <a href="/john/17-22.htm">John 17:22, 23, 26</a>). "The world knows neither Christ nor Christians, and Christians do not even know themselves" (Bengel). But as the old historic secret had its manifestation at last (<a href="/colossians/1-26.htm">Colossians 1:26</a>), so will the new secret that lies enfolded within every Christian life - <a href="/commentaries/colossians/3-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γάρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. you died, ἀπεθάνετε (apethanete) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. life ζωὴ (zōē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2222.htm">Strong's 2222: </a> Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. is now hidden κέκρυπται (kekryptai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2928.htm">Strong's 2928: </a> To hide, conceal, lay up. A primary verb; to conceal. with σὺν (syn) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4862.htm">Strong's 4862: </a> With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together. Christ Χριστῷ (Christō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. God. Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/colossians/3-3.htm">NT Letters: Colossians 3:3 For you died and your life (Coloss. 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