Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
15. And the peace of God. He gives the name of the peace of God to that which God has established among us, as will appear from what follows. He would have it reign in our hearts. “Rule in your hearts, (βραβεύετο.) Let the peace of Christ judge, decide, and govern in your hearts, as the brabeus, or judge, does in the Olympic contests...
You must not merely cease to do harm; you must learn to do good. Those chosen and beloved by God ought to conduct themselves as becomes the holy, tender mercy toward the miserable, courteous kindness toward friends, a humble mind toward all, and meekness even toward those who have wronged you.
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Commenting on Colossians 3:12-17
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,.... By "the peace of God" is meant, either the peace believers have with God, which is his gift, and passes all understanding, and flows from a comfortable apprehension of interest in the blood, righteousness, and atonement of Christ; or rather that peace which does, or should subsist among the saints themselves, which God is the...