Colossians 3:16
And continue to let the message about Christ govern/direct all you think and do, as you very wisely teach and warn one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs (OR, songs that God’s Spirit gives you), while you sincerely and thankfully sing to God.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:18So, keep thinking [IDM] about these commands. Write them on tiny scrolls and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads to help you to remember them.
1 Kings 3:28All the Israeli people heard about what the king had decided, and they revered him. They realized that God had truly enabled him to be very wise, to judge people’s matters fairly.
Nehemiah 12:46Ever since the time that David had been the king and Asaph had been his chief musician, the musicians had led the people while they sang songs to praise and thank God.
Psalms 28:7Yahweh makes me strong and protects me like a shield [MET]; I trusted in him, and he helped me. I was glad, and from my inner being I praised him as I sang to him.
Psalms 32:7You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies [MET], you protect me from troubles, and you ◄enable me/ put people around me who will enable me► to shout, praising you for saving me from my enemies. (Think about that!)
Psalms 63:4I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:13-18
Love Recommended. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of… Read the whole commentary →