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Col_3:6. This relative affirmation stands in a confirmatory reference to the νεκρώσατε κ . τ . λ . above, the omission of which would draw down upon the readers, instead of the φανερωθῆναι ἐν δόξῃ of Col_3:4, a fate such as is here described.
διʼ ὅ (see the critical remarks) has the significant stress of the relative clause: on account of this immorality mentioned in Col_3:5. The Recepta διʼ ἅ is to be taken just in the same way, and not to be referred to the μέλη (Bähr), since it is not the latter themselves, but their life activities specified by πορνείαν κ . τ . λ ., which call forth the wrath of God.
ἔρχεται ] namely, at the judgment. Comp. Eph_5:6; 1Th_1:10 : ἡ ὀργὴ ἡ ἐρχομένη ; Mat_3:7 : ἡ μέλλουσα ὀργή . Hence: ἡμέρα ὀργῆς in Rom_2:5; Rev_6:17. Chrysostom well says: Paul warns διὰ τῶν μελλόντων ἐξ ὧν ἀπηλλάγημεν κακῶν . See also on Eph_5:6. The frequent reference to the manifestation of the divine wrath (comp. Rom_1:18 ff.) in the course of this temporal life (Huther and many others) overlooks the correlation with Col_3:4, and the apostle’s conception of the nearness of the Parousia. Hence, also, the combination of the two references (Theophylact and others, also Flatt) is to be rejected.
Respecting the υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθ . (the Jews and Gentiles, who reject the gospel and thereby disobey God), comp. on Eph_5:6, and as to this mode of expression generally, Steiger on 1Pe_1:14.