Colossians Contrasts the Old and New in Christ
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Old (Before Christ)
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New (Since Christ)
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1:13 authority of darkness
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1:13 kingdom of the Son–Love
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1:21 estranged, hostile in mind,
doing evil deeds
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1:22 reconciled, holy, blameless, irreproachable
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1:23 living by faith
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1:26 mystery hidden for ages and generations
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1:26 the mystery now made open, manifest
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1:27 the mystery is Christ in you, the hope of glory
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2:8 philosophy, empty deceit, human tradition, elemental spirits of the world
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2:8 Christ
2:9 fulness of deity in a human body
2:10 fulness [of life (RSV)], completion (nothing missing)
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2:11 [not circumcised] [living in the body of the flesh]
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2:11 circumcised [in heart]; body of flesh put off
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2:12 [dead] buried in baptism
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2:12 raised from the dead
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2:13 dead in trespasses and uncircumcision
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2:13 alive with Christ, forgiven
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2:14 a bond existed against us with legal demands
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2:14 released from debt
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2:15 [we lived defeated by] principalities and powers
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2:15 principalities now disarmed; believers triumph over them
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2:16-17 living in the shadows, where food, drink, festivals, new moon, and Sabbath observances judged essential
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2:17 living in substance, which belongs to Christ
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2:20 alive to the elemental spirits of the world and submission to regulations based on human commands and teachings
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2:20 dead to those with Christ
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3:1 not raised, subject to death
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3:1 raised with Christ and seated at the right hand of God
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3:2 minds set on things on earth
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3:2 ability to set mind on things above
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3:3 alive to self alone
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3:3 dead to self and one’s life hidden with Christ in God
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3:4 “with Christ” includes his future glory
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3:5-9 walking and living in behaviors that require God’s wrath: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, covetousness, anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene talk, lying
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3:9, 12-23 have put off the old nature and put on the new; being renewed in knowledge after the image of God, practicing: compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, love, peace, thanksgiving, and many more
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3:11 divisions among classes of people
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3:11 Christ all and in all—therefore, no classes and distinctions among people
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3:25 living under the threat of punishment
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3:24 living with knowledge of the future reward of inheritance
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4:1-6 more new behaviors
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Old vs New Scriptures
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1. Given by Christ
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shrunken cloth vs unshrunk: Mark 2:21
old wine/new wine: Mark 2:22
old wine/new wine: Matthew 9:17
taste of old wine/new wine: Luke 5:39
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2. Given by Paul
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law vs Spirit: Romans 7:6
leaven vs unleavened: 1 Corinthians 5:7
old vs new creation: 2 Corinthians 5:17
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3. Given by the Writer to the Hebrews
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old vs new covenants: Hebrews 8:6
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