“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God — death (apothnēskō) is aorist-accomplished: the old self died. 'Your life is hidden with Christ in God' (zōē...kryptē syn Christō en tō Theō) is paradoxical: true life is concealed, not visible. The hiding (kryptē) in Christ's hiddenness protects from worldly exposure. Eschatological unveiling (1 John 3:2) is awaited, but security is present.
Church Fathers on Colossians 3:3
“Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. For you died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life shall be manifested, then shall you also with Him be manifested in glory.” This is not your life, he says, it is some other one. He is now urgent to remove them, and insists upon showing that they are seated above, and are dead; from both considerations establishing the position, that they are not to seek…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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