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歌罗西书 3:13

如果有人對別人有嫌隙,總要彼此寬容,互相饒恕;主怎樣饒恕了你們,你們也要照樣饒恕人。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Catholicity;   Charitableness;   Commandments;   Example;   Forgiveness;   Holiness;   Jesus Continued;   Longsuffering;   Meekness;   Mercy;   Patience;   Righteousness;   Works;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Example;   Forbearance;   Forgiveness;   Meekness-Retaliation;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Forgiveness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Example of Christ, the;   Forgiveness of Injuries;   Love to Man;   Meekness;   Works, Good;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Kindness;   Meekness;   Patience;   Paul;   Regeneration;   Temptation;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baptize, Baptism;   Discipline;   Fruit of the Spirit;   Image of God;   Love;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Forbearance;   Love, Brotherly;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, Epistle to;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Colosse;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body of Christ;   Church;   Colossians;   Paul;   Second Coming, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Forgiveness;   Kindness;   Quarrel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brotherhood (2);   Character;   Christian Life;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Commandment;   Example;   Gospels (2);   Perseverance;   Personality;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Church;   10 Forgiveness Remission;   33 Patience Long-Suffering Forbearance;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Onesimus;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Unblameable;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Colossians, Epistle to the;   Forbear;   Forgiveness;   Quarrel;   Trespass;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for August 2;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 29;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 13;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
倘 若 这 人 与 那 人 有 嫌 隙 , 总 要 彼 此 包 容 , 彼 此 饶 恕 ; 主 怎 样 饶 恕 了 你 们 , 你 们 也 要 怎 样 饶 恕 人 。

Contextual Overview

12 God has chosen you and made you his holy people. He loves you. So you should always clothe yourselves with mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Bear with each other, and forgive each other. If someone does wrong to you, forgive that person because the Lord forgave you. 14 Even more than all this, clothe yourself in love. Love is what holds you all together in perfect unity. 15 Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking, because you were all called together in one body to have peace. Always be thankful. 16 Let the teaching of Christ live in you richly. Use all wisdom to teach and instruct each other by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 Everything you do or say should be done to obey Jesus your Lord. And in all you do, give thanks to God the Father through Jesus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Forbearing: Romans 15:1, Romans 15:2, 2 Corinthians 6:6, Galatians 6:2, Ephesians 4:2, Ephesians 4:32

forgiving: Matthew 5:44, Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 18:21-35, Mark 11:25, Luke 6:35-37, Luke 11:4, Luke 17:3, Luke 17:4, Luke 23:34, James 2:13

quarrel: or complaint, Matthew 18:15-17, 1 Corinthians 6:7, 1 Corinthians 6:8

even: Luke 5:20-24, Luke 7:48-50, 2 Corinthians 2:10, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:2, 1 Peter 2:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:24 - See that Genesis 50:17 - Forgive Psalms 26:3 - For Psalms 112:4 - he is gracious Proverbs 19:11 - deferreth Matthew 5:9 - are Matthew 9:6 - that the Matthew 18:22 - but Matthew 18:33 - even Mark 2:5 - he said Luke 6:37 - forgive Luke 7:42 - he John 13:34 - That ye love 2 Corinthians 2:7 - ye Colossians 1:14 - the 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - be 2 Timothy 2:24 - patient Titus 3:2 - gentle 1 John 4:11 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
But the snake said to the woman, "You will not die.
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10
The man answered, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."
Genesis 44:15
Joseph said to them, "What have you done? Didn't you know that a man like me can learn things by signs and dreams?"
1 Samuel 13:11
Samuel asked, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "I saw the soldiers leaving me, and you were not here when you said you would be. The Philistines were gathering at Micmash.
2 Samuel 3:24
Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he's gone.
John 18:35
Pilate answered, "I am not one of you. It was your own people and their leading priests who handed you over to me. What have you done wrong?"
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not tricked, but the woman was tricked and became a sinner.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Forbearing one another,.... Not only bearing one another's burdens, and with one another's weaknesses, but forbearing to render evil for evil, or railing for railing, or to seek revenge for affronts given, in whatsoever way, whether by words or deeds:

and forgiving one another; all trespasses and offences, so far as committed against themselves, and praying to God to forgive them, as committed against him:

if any man have a quarrel against any; let him be who he will, high or low, rich or poor, of whatsoever age, state, or condition, and let his quarrel or complaint be what it will, ever so great, or ever so just and well founded, yet let him put up with it, and forgive it:

even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye; what God is said to do for Christ's sake, :-, what here Christ is said to do: as Mediator, he has procured the remission of sins by the shedding of his blood; and as God he forgives sins freely, fully, forgetting the injuries done, not upbraiding with former offences, and that too without asking, and before there is any appearance of repentance; and so should the saints forgive one another, as they expect to have an application and manifestation of forgiveness to themselves.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forbearing one another - Notes, Ephesians 4:2.

And forgiving one another - Notes, Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14.

If any man have a quarrel against any - Margin, “or complaint.” The word used here - μομφή momphē - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means, “fault found, blame, censure;” and here denotes occasion of complaint. The idea is, that if another one has given us just occasion of complaint, we are to forgive him; that is, we are:

(1)To harbor no malice against him;

(2)We are to be ready to do him good as if he had not given us occasion of complaint;

(3)We are to be willing to declare that we forgive him when be asks it; and,

(4)We are always afterward to treat him as kindly as if he had not injured us - as God treats us when he forgives us; see the notes at Matthew 18:21.

Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye - Learn here that Christ has power to forgive sin; compare the Matthew 9:6 note; Acts 5:31 note. Christ forgave us:

(1)Freely - he did not hesitate or delay when we asked him;

(2)Entirely - he pardoned all our offences;

(3)Forever - he did it so as to remember our sins no more, and to treat us ever onward as if we had not sinned.

So we should forgive an offending brother.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. Forbearing one another — Avoid all occasions of irritating or provoking each other.

Forgiving one another — If ye receive offence, be instantly ready to forgive on the first acknowledgment of the fault.

Even as Christ forgave you — Who required no satisfaction, and sought for nothing in you but the broken, contrite heart, and freely forgave you as soon as you returned to Him. No man should for a moment harbour ill will in his heart to any; but the offended party is not called actually to forgive, till the offender, with sorrow, acknowledges his fault. He should be ready to forgive, and while he is so, he can neither feel hatred nor malice towards the offender; but, as Christ does not forgive us till with penitent hearts we return unto him, acknowledging our offences, so those who have trespassed against their neighbour are not to expect any act of forgiveness from the person they have injured, till they acknowledge the offence. Forgive, says the apostle, καθως και ο χριστος even as Christ forgave you-show the same disposition and the same readiness to forgive your offending brethren, as Christ showed towards you.


 
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