Mortify (νεκρωσατε). First aorist active imperative of νεκροω, late verb, to put to death, to treat as dead. Latin Vulgate mort…

Mortify therefore your members. Since you are dead to sin and the world, and are to appear with Christ in the glories of His kingdom, subd…

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth.—The expression is doubly unique. It is the only passage where “m…

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glor…

In principle when we became Christians, we died with Christ (cf. 2:20; 3:3). Now we are charged to “put to death” (GK 3739; lit., “to make dead”) t…

Mortify therefore. Until now he has been speaking of contempt of the world. He now proceeds further, and enters upon a higher philosophy, …

Mortify therefore your members
Not your bodies, as the Ethiopic version reads, nor the members of the natural body, …

It is our duty to mortify our members that incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin that spre…

Previously, the Apostle warned the faithful about those who wished to deceive them; here he teaches them to avoid evil habits. First, he gives his …