Colossians 3:4 (WEB)
When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
Catechism · 2
"I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"
“When we rise on the last day we "also will appear with him in glory."” — Catechism footnote: Col 3:4.
"The Summary of the Whole Gospel"
“From this unshakeable faith springs forth the hope that sustains each of the seven petitions, which express the groanings of the present age, this time of patience and expectation during which "it does not yet appear what we shall be."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Jn 3:2; Cf. Col 3:4.
Fathers and councils · 24
Tertullian
“…the print of thy foot: and God shall give thee a wearying heart, and a pining soul, and failing eyes, that they see not: and thy life shall hang on the tree before thine eyes; and thou shalt not trust thy life.”” — editor's note: In ligno. There are no such words in the LXX. If the words be retained, “thy life” will mean Christ, who is called “our Life” in Col. iii. 4. See also John i.…
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV
“Of which soul, seeing it had received into itself the whole wisdom of God, and the truth, and the life, I think that the apostle also said this: “Our life is hidden with Christ in God; but when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with him in glory.”” — editor's note: Cf. Col. iii. 3, 4.
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Ambrose of Milan
“O fools, talking as though they knew not the difference between the word uttered and the Divine Word, abiding eternally, born of the Father—born, I say, not uttered only—in Whom is no combination of syllables, but the fulness of the eternal Godhead and life without end!” — editor's note: Col. i. 19; ii. 9; iii. 4; S. John i. 4; v. 26; xi. 25; xiv. 6; Rev. i. 18.
Read the whole comment““When Christ,” it says, “shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“It is against that time then that vision “face to face” is reserved for you, of which John also speaks: “Beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it doth not yet appear what we shall be.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4.
Read the whole comment“But when shall have come our day, that is, the manifestation of Christ, whereof the same Apostle saith, “When Christ shall have appeared, your life, then ye also shall appear with Himself in glory,” then the just shall laugh at that Doeg.…” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4.
Read the whole comment““When Christ,” he saith, “your life, shall have appeared, then ye also with Him shall appear in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4.
Read the whole comment“This prophecy may suit also the Saints of the period since the revelation of grace, and the preaching of the Gospel, for they that love God’s commandments look for Christ, that “when Christ, our life, shall appear, we” may then “appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4.
Read the whole comment“At present it will tarry in the faith of believers, but hereafter it will be possible to contemplate it face to face, when He, our Life, shall appear, and when we shall appear with Him in glory.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4.
Read the whole comment“To such forsooth are said those words, which we, as partners and sharers with them, ought to listen to.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4
Read the whole comment“…is in His secret place: since “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.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 3, 4
Read the whole comment“And it is to this that the apostle refers in what immediately follows the passage quoted above: “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4
Read the whole comment““When Christ,” saith he, “your life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“Then shall we appear as that which we then shall be; for it shall then be apparent that it was not without good grounds that we believed and hoped we should become so, before it actually took place.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Judas to wit, though he came to the supper, because he despised it went out from the presence of the Lord, and having abandoned his Life, hanged himself.” — editor's note: Cf. Col. iii. 4
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But when Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“But when Christ your life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
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Basil the Great
“…“is hidden,” it would seem, “with Christ in God, and when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall” they themselves also “appear with Him in glory;” and is the Spirit of life Himself, “Who made us free from the law of sin,” not with Christ, both in the secret and hidden life with Him, and in the…” — editor's note: Col. iii. 3, 4.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…is the day of His coming, of which the Apostle wrote, When Christ, Who is your life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with Him be manifested in glory.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 4.
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Leo the Great
“But when Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory:” who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Ghost for ever and ever.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“For when Christ, our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“For when Christ, your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“For when Christ, your life, shall have appeared, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 1–4.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Deportant ergo ipsi quoque iram, indignationem, vitium, maledictum, turpem sermonem ex ore suo, exuentes veterem hominem cum concupiscentiis, et induentes novum, qui renovatur in agnitionem, ad imaginem ejus, qui creavit ipsum.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 4, 10.
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 46.
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Cited together in Catechism §1003.