ACC ~ Colossians 3 v17

NOTHING UNCLEAN. CHRYSOSTOM: For if we act this way, there will be nothing polluted, nothing unclean, wherever Christ is called on. If you eat, if you drink, if you marry, if you travel, do all in the name of God, that is, calling him to help you: in everything first pray, then conduct your business. HOMILIES ON COLOSSIANS 9.

THEODORET OF CYR: It is because the Colossians were being directed to worship angels that Paul felt compelled to teach what we read here. This is that they should adorn their words and deeds with the remembrance of Christ the Lord, that is, they should offer to God the Father the activity of grace through Christ, not through angels. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS.

SOCIAL DUTIES COLOSSIANS 3:18–4:1

OVERVIEW: Paul turns to practical matters in this part of Colossians, as well as in Ephesians and the letters to Timothy and Titus, because these churches were at peace and were already well-grounded in basic doctrine. The relations of wives, husbands, children, servants and masters are to be grounded in the love that God has for each, as well as in the social order that God has commanded (CHRYSOSTOM, THEODORET). Love is to be properly spiritual in nature; there is no license here for lustful or self-serving relations (AUGUSTINE). Those in authority are to operate with great humility and forbearance, those under authority with great respect and eagerness to serve (CYRIL OF JERUSALEM, AMBROSE, GREGORY THE GREAT).

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