Colossians 3:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Colossians 3:12 —

Old words in this verse

bowels: — deep feelings, heartfelt compassion.

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Cross-References

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Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:2
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
2 Peter 1:5-8
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; …
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-17)

The apostle proceeds to exhort to mutual love and compassion: Put on therefore bowels of mercy, Col. 3:12. We must not only put off anger and wrath (as Col. 3:8), but we must put on compassion and kindness; not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well; not only not do hurt to any, but do what good we can to all. I. The argument here used to enforce the exhortation is very affecting: Put on, as…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. the elect of God--There is no “the” in the Greek, “God’s elect” (compare Ro 8:3; 1Th 1:4). The order of the words “elect, holy, beloved,” answers to the order of the things. Election from eternity precedes sanctification in time; the sanctified, feeling God’s love, imitate it [Bengel]. bowels of mercies--Some of the oldest manuscripts read singular, “mercy.” Bowels express the yearning compass…