Please pray for understanding and answer the following questions.
- The Scripture uses the terms “crucify” (suffocate) and “put to death” in defining how we ought to remove sin in our lives. What practical ways can we apply these phrases?
- These sinful practices are described as belonging to our worldly nature. What encouragement does that offer us? Galatians 5:16
- Verse 7 says “you once walked in these things.” If these sins didn’t effect the Colossian believers anymore, Paul would not have needed to write about them. Is there a contradiction in those two statements?
- There is a list of sins in verse 5 and a separate list in 8. Why do you think there’s a separation?
- What connection do you think the command “Don’t lie to one another” in verse 9 has with the earlier verses about ridding our lives of sin.
- What do you think the phrase “renewed in knowledge” in verse 10 means?
- What do you think the purpose of verse 11 is in the context of the rest of this paragraph?
