Colossians 3:11

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

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where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

BSB

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

KJV

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

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Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.

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ὅπου hopou where G3699 οὐκ ouk not G3756 ἔνι eni there is G1762 Ἕλλην Hellēn Greek G1672 καὶ kai and G2532 Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios Jew G2453 περιτομὴ peritomē circumcision G4061 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀκροβυστία akrobustia uncircumcision G203 βάρβαρος barbaros Barbarian G915 Σκύθης Skuthēs Scythian G4658 δοῦλος doulos slave G1401 ἐλεύθερος eleutheros free G1658 ἀλλὰ alla but G235 τὰ ta (the) G3588 πάντα panta all G3956 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐν en in G1722 πᾶσιν pasin all G3956 Χριστός.¶ Christos Christ [is] G5547

The early church

"Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman: but Christ is all, and in all." Lo! here is a third encomium of this "man." With him, there is no difference admitted either of nation, or of rank, or of ancestry, seeing he hath nothing of externals, nor needeth them; for all external things are such as these, "circumcision, and uncircumcision, bondman, freeman, Greek," that is, proselyte, "and Jew," from his ancestors. If thou have only this "man," thou wilt obtain the same things with the others that have him. "But Christ," he saith, "is all, and in all": Christ will be all things to you, both rank, and descent, "and" Himself "in you all." Or he says another thing, to wit, that ye all are become one Christ, being His body.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Colossians

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 5–11

It is our duty to mortify our members which incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin which spread and destroy all about them. Continual opposition must be made to all corrupt workings, and no provision made for carnal indulgences. Occasions of sin must be avoided: the lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world; and covetousness, which is idolatry; love of present good, and of outward enjoyments. It is necessary to mortify sins, because if we do not kill them, they will kill us. The gospel changes the higher as well as the lower powers of the soul, and supports the rule of right reason and conscience, over appetite and passion. There is now no difference from country, or conditions and circumstances of life. It is the duty of every one to be holy, because Christ is a Christian's All, his only Lord and Saviour, and all his hope and happiness.

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Jesus, The ChristChurchSalvationGentilesCircumcisionCatholicityGreeceLibertyBarbarianScythians

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