The Greek term translated “control” at Colossians 3:15 is related to the word for the umpire who awarded the prize in the athletic contests of those days.
Contestants had a degree of freedom within the rules of the game, but in the end, the umpire decided who had followed the rules and therefore won the contest.
Similarly, we have freedom to make many decisions in life, but as we do so, the peace of the Christ should always be “umpire” —or, as translator Edgar J.
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