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7. ἐν οἷς. Certainly neuter with the short form of Col 3:6, and almost certainly neuter even with the long form, for “περιπατεῖν ἐν is most commonly used of things, not of persons, especially in this and the companion epistle, Col 4:5; Eph 2:2; Eph 2:10; Eph 4:17; Eph 5:2” (Lightfoot). In fact 2Th 3:11 appears to be the only passage in St Paul’s Epistles where this is not the case, exclusive of course of such phrases as περιπατεῖν ἐν Χριστῷ.
καὶ ὑμεῖς. In implied distinction from the ungodly among whom you no longer are.
περιεπατήσατέ cf. Col 1:10. ποτε, Col 1:21.
ὅτε ἔζητε ἐν τούτοις. τούτοις neut. emphatic (Joh 9:31), and perhaps contemptuous. For ζῆν ἐν cf. Col 2:20, finding interest and spending energy in these things, “tanquam in vestro principio, origine, elemento” (Beng.). Wetstein compares Cicero, Ep. IX. 26, “Vivas, inquis, in literis? Quidquam me aliud agere censes? aut possem vivere, nisi in literis viverem?”