King James Version
Colossians 3:4 in the King James Version says “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” — study this verse from Colossians chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
Colossians 3:4 · KJV
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. affection: or, mind
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 glory.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When”
G3752whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“with”
G4862with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“glory”
G1391glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
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