Colossians 3:7

“In the which ye also walked some time, etc.] Either in or among the children of disobedience, (<510306>Colossians 3:6), or rather in the afore mentioned sins, (<510305>Colossians 3:5). Sin is a road or path, in which sinners walk a way of their own, or of their own choosing and approving, though a dark and crooked one, and which leads to destruction: walking herein denotes a continued series of sinning, a persisting in it, a progress therein, a proceeding from evil to evil, taking pleasure, and going on securely in it; and which is the case and state of God's elect before conversion, which is a turning of them from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and out of the ways of…”

“sometime--"once." walked . . . when ye lived in them--These sins were the very element in which ye "lived" (before ye became once for all dead with Christ to them); no wonder, then, that ye "walked" in them. Compare on the opposite side, "living in the Spirit," having as its legitimate consequence, "walking in the Spirit" (Gal 5:25). The "living" comes first in both cases, the walking follows.”

“In the which - In all which evil passions. Ye also walked sometime - You formerly lived. These were the common vices of the pagan; Ephesians 5:8, note; 1 Corinthians 6:10-11, notes; compare Romans 1:24-32, notes. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Living denotes the inward principle; walking, the outward acts. Colossians 3:8”

“Col 2:13; Rom 6:19, Rom 6:20, Rom 7:5; Co1 6:11; Eph 2:2; Tit 3:3; Pe1 4:3, Pe1 4:4 Colossians 3:8”