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"Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." And yet, after all, this is the most Christ-like ministry of all, for the Master Himself does not even appear in the work of the church except as her hidden Life Rev. Men have taken it into their heads to invent various systems of religion and if you look round the world, you will see scores of different sects; but it is a great fact that, while there is a multitude of false religions, there is but one that is true. Hugh BinningLinksColossians 3:17 NIVColossians 3:17 NLTColossians 3:17 ESVColossians 3:17 NASBColossians 3:17 KJVColossians 3:17 Bible AppsColossians 3:17 ParallelColossians 3:17 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:17 Chinese BibleColossians 3:17 French BibleColossians 3:17 German BibleColossians 3:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)Reconciliation with God (2 Corinthians 5:18). Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. But our Lord, being God, became man, bore our sins and carried our sorrows, grew up through our life, and tasted death for every man. (4) Now suppose a man embrace Jesus as his Saviour let Christ's love become the acknowledged fact of His life, then it will become a constraining motive, and will not be contented with influencing some of his faculties, employing some of his time; from the nature of things it must have all Christ is mine, and I am His, and whatever I do, spiritual or secular, business or recreation, I must do all in His name. --Colossians iii. 5. But our Lord, being God, became man, bore our sins and carried our sorrows, grew up through our life, and tasted death for every man. (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. Servants, to wit, that they ever keep in view the humility of their condition; but masters, that they lose not recollection of their nature, in which they are constituted on an equality with servants. Little things are the very instances of acceptable service in Scripture. Before we come to speak of some particular cases of deadness, wherein believers are to make use of Christ as the Life, we shall first propose some useful consequences and deductions from what hath been spoken of this life; and, I. Stewart.I begin to see that religion consists not so much in joyous feelings as in a constant exercise of devotedness to God, and in laying ourselves out for the good of others.(D. It is not necessary that a motive should be based on reality to be all-constraining, but it is in order that it may be a worthy motive for an intelligent being. And shall not such love quicken us to do all things better. 2. Bible > Colossians > Chapter 3 > Verse 16 Library Free Downloads eBibles Colossians 3:16 act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. To Dominicus. Art, science, politics, business, everyday duty, instead of being detached from religion, have such intimate relations with it that they are, or may be, and ought to be, themselves essentially religious. )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. A. Jacob, D. D.)Doing all in the name of ChristI. In the first seventeen verses of the third chapter, Paul has described that those who truly belong to the Lord are those whose lives are hidden in Christ. There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. The first is a packet of sugar, the second is called Sweet'n Low, and the third is called Nutrasweet. Text: Colossians 3, 1-7. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Recur to the motive of the text. In Jesus we have not a man dead long ago, but a living Saviour and King ever near us, bearing the one name by which we may be saved. And who looks down upon us? Such an object is consciously present when he chooses to reflect on it, but day by day in the toil and struggle he is not ever thinking of it, but he is pursuing it. Because the Father has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name (Philippians 2:8-10). (Acts 4:12; 1 Corinthians 1:12).2. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." able, it would lose immensely in its character for truth and its power for good.2. (2) How many of us fall short of this.(J. impart sweetness to teaching children that in them we receive Jesus? SEEK, THEN, TO MAKE YOUR WHOLE LIFE RELIGIOUS. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS Commentary by Michael Sigler May 16, 2010 A Chosen Community Colossians 3:12-17 Key verse: "As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience" (Colossians 3:12) You have watched this scene or one like it in a dozen TV shows and movies. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. AugustineOn ContinenceEpistle xxxiii. THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. As to ordinary matters men, e.g., think it unlikely they will die to-day because they have lived safely through so many dangers, and take it for granted that their food will nourish them because it has always done so. For the sake of Christ (Mark 9:41).3. cast a holy reverence round a sick room when we minister to Jesus? )The reality of religionDean Alford.I. These words cover the whole sphere of Christian activity. How easily may their motive come to be that so well expressed in Bible words "Put me into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."III. The church is full of half dead people who have been trying, like poor Nero, to slay themselves for years, and have not had the courage to strike the fatal blow. UNITY AND PEACE. Our Father, our Friend and Brother, who came down from heaven and suffered for us, is ready to help and reward us. It were well for the Church and the world if we recognized more clearly this breadth of Christian duty. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. How can we do both at once without distraction study, speak, or do and think of Christ at the same time? And what have we to do, but what Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Yes, silver and gold and gems conspired together to mark out this name on the paten, or the chalice, or the shrine; the manufacturer of Limoges worked it out in his enamel; in the monastery potteries they burnt it in on their tiles; in convents they embroidered it on chasuble and cope; in the glorious windows of churches the light came in, sanctified, as it were, and hallowed by the name of the True Light; the poor peasant was encouraged, with his clasp knife, to consecrate his house by carving the same name on the hutch of his door or the barge-boards of his roof; the name of salvation could not be out of place among the dwellings of those who looked to be saved; the name which to adore will be the work of eternity, could never be out of place for the meditation and the worship of earth.(Dr. Factories and railways, camps and courts of law, mansions, museums, and picture-galleries, to say nothing of the world of trees, and rivers, and birds, and flowers, form part of the world which belongs to Him, the Heir of all things. We cannot expect God's blessing on anything not done in Christ's name.(H. Faith and Love Towards Christ. IIEaster Wednesday Also Suited to Easter Tuesday. 2. One spirit came and took the body of a king and did his work. (b) They are seldom loudly professed, so seldom that a man professing loudly a given motive arouses suspicion that he is acting on some other, and only using this as a blind. One of the leading peculiarities of the religion of Jesus is that it virtually annihilated the distinction between the secular and the sacred. There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. MY devout hearers! To walk in the religion of the Lord Jesus (Micah 4:5; 2 Timothy 2:19; Matthew 10:22; Luke 21:17; Revelation 2:3, 13).7. What a multitude of religions there is in this poor wicked world of ours! And so men satisfy themselves with being Christian hearers and heathen livers, without the least suspicion of inconsistency.3. Some men make Him to be "a root out of a dry ground," "without form or comeliness." 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. A large proportion of the infidelity of the working classes is due to this unreal teaching. It is this: "Christ must live it in me." There are of course many visionaries, men pursuing objects which have no real existence, but to them they are not unreal. Object lessons are powerful tools to teach long-lasting lessons. Now, this definite, absolute and final putting off of ourselves in an act of death, is something we cannot do ourselves. IT IS A DISTINCTION WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN UTTERLY FOREIGN TO THE MIND OF AN EARLY CHRISTIAN, AND IS QUITE OPPOSED TO THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. i. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. He shows where we should seek Christ.5. Others again seem to blend so wholly with other workers that their own individuality can scarcely be traced. "If Ye Then be Risen" (Col. Iii. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" In our current environment, if you want to cause offense, then all you have to do is read Colossians 3:18-4:1 regarding our roles in family and society: Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Men have taken it into their heads to invent various systems of religion and if you look round the world, you will see scores of different sects; but it is a great fact that, while there is a multitude of false religions, there is but one that is true. To live a life of faith for a supply of all things for life and godliness (2 Peter 1 ; John 16:23). We must be supposed to be in Christ first (John 15:4-5).2. We shall not need to seek far to discover our risen Lord. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. There is no need to enter into the various component elements which go to make up this moral force. The author of nature and the author of Christianity give tokens of being one and the same, in that their principles are alike simple, universal, imperious, inexorable. But, after that he had made mention of these evils, he added and said, "On account of which cometh the wrath of God on the sons of unbelief." What He was and did for us, and above all what He now is and does, explains it. In Jesus we have not a man dead long ago, but a living Saviour and King ever near us, bearing the one name by which we may be saved. We must live in close communion with Jesus in the use of all His ordinances (Zechariah 4:12).4. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. MY devout hearers! There is nothing left for me" And some one replied, "Ah! (b)That we act according to His will. Observe the extent of this saying. [1923] Surely it was a wholesome alarm that believers might not think that they could be saved on account of their faith alone, even although they should live in these evils: the Apostle James with most clear speech crying out against that notion, and saying, "If any say that he have faith, and have not works, shall his faith be able to save him?" Listen to Colossians 3:12 which says, "As God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.". He exhorts to holiness;10. to put off the old self, and put on Christ;12. exhorting to charity, humility, 18. and other duties.Dictionary of Bible ThemesColossians 3:171512Trinity, equality of2224Christ, the Lord5629work, ordained by God5636work, and rest5909motives, importance8223dedication8409decision-making, and providence8676thanksgiving8809richesColossians 3:1-173254Holy Spirit, fruit ofColossians 3:12-177125elect, theColossians 3:15-176746sanctification, means and results8352thankfulnessColossians 3:16-173218Holy Spirit, and praise5549speech, positive8666praise, manner and methodsLibraryThe Peace of GodBaltimore, U.S., 1874. act what we know in our souls, that we can do nothing good without God. How many, if they pray at all, hope to do right and escape flagrant wrong almost through the intention of doing or not doing, and think that if they call upon God in some general way things will not be much amiss with them.3. Colossians 3:1-17: Holy Living; Colossians 3:1-17 Colossians 3:18-4:6: Responsibilities; Colossians 3:23-25; 4:2-13, 17; EXPOSITOR'S GREEK TESTAMENT. But whatever it be, reality is its necessary condition. That is no religion which we cannot carry with us wherever we go; into our pleasures and sorrows, our business and closets. (5) There are certain solemn times when this great motive is and must be expressly recognized; but when the whole man is possessed with the love of Christ, the whole ordinary being follows the direction of the central impulse. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." Why is it that some of us look on church-going as an irksome task, and the hours spent in God's house as the most wearisome of our lives? This is the only religious view of life.IV. )The acceptable prayerH. A. Hugh Binning. There is nothing can do it but the Cross of Christ and the Spirit of God. (2) Our thanks cannot be grateful to the Father except addressed and presented by Christ. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. The belief in Christ is not only the unavoidable conclusion of a sound mind from evidence, but the only satisfactory way to account for the state of the world in which we find ourselves. God the Father is the proper object of gratitude as the first principle of action, though not to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit.3. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fifth Sunday after EpiphanyText: Colossians 3, 12-17. Nor indeed does infrequency of communication cause any harm where the affection of love remains uninterrupted in one's mind. A. Two clear drinking glasses, either plastic or glass. Many Christians seem to think that in the daily deeds and words of life they either cannot or else must sin, and that these two are much the same. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. where shall I begin to describe thine endless misery, who art condemned as soon as conceived; and adjudged to eternal death, before thou wast born to a temporal life? Object Lesson on the Jesus and Nicodemus from John 3:1-17. (Preacher's Analyst. (a) As to their inward influence on the man himself. It is that we are slow to learn in. But all reproof and chastisement did not bring Ephraim back. Recur to the motive of the text. All we have to do is to present our empty, broken self Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadWhat have I to do with Idols?MUCH is said in reproof of Ephraim by the prophet Hosea. (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. 1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. (2) The name of God is taken for the power, authority, and will of God (Deuteronomy 18:19; 2 Kings 2:24; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 89:16, 24; 1 Samuel 17:45; 2 Chronicles 14:11). IIRisen with Christ'If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. So the apostle means (a)That we refer all to His glory. [1923] Surely it was a wholesome alarm that believers might not think that they could be saved on account of their faith alone, even although they should live in these evils: the Apostle James with most clear speech crying out against that notion, and saying, "If any say that he have faith, and have not works, shall his faith be able to save him?" For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatThird Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness, SufferingText: 1 Peter 5, 5-11. 2 Tim. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. IIIWhat the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. 5. SS Lessons; Tennescene; Radio B&R; Sunday School Lessons . One or two of the world's heroes and sages have won wide admiration and respect, but who has laid his hand on so many hearts and touched for good so many lives? All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. 3). (6) Such deep constraining motive is not usually displayed before men; but its existence is not easily concealed. 2. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. If the Christian law is just another name for the law of truth, love, and holiness, it is quite clear that we shall never get out of the range of that law, neither in this world nor the next. Sunday, but not other six days. The spirit we are of determines the character of our actions whether they are holy or unholy. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. It might surprise us to find that peace is urged on us as a duty. Many do not know the right answer, or the full answer. The labourer working under the useful light and genial warmth does not lose his time and dazzle his sight in gazing on the sun, but plies his arm with his eye fixed on his work, and so uses for its intended purpose the light God has bestowed. If we would know what Christ wants to be to us, we Dwight L. MoodyThe Way to God and How to Find ItBut, after that He had Made Mention of These Evils30. He was in advance even of the earliest seeker that Easter morning, and He will be waiting for us before the break of day with His glad "All Hail," if we have only eyes to see Rev. The faith of those things, which have been mentioned, would be of great use and advantage to believers; and therefore they should study to have the faith of this truth fixed on their hearts, and a deep impression thereof on their spirits, to the end, that, 1. 3). Servants, to wit, that they ever keep in view the humility of their condition; but masters, that they lose not recollection of their nature, in which they are constituted on an equality with servants. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. Be thine own judge? In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. II. At the, Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. For when Adam and Eve, being created after God's own image, and placed in Paradise, that they and their posterity might live in a blessed state of life immortal, having dominion over all earthly creatures, and only restrained from the fruit of one tree, as a sign Lewis BaylyThe Practice of PietyChrist all and in All. Because all that comes from God to us must be by His hand.III. It is well, as people's devotions now are, if Christians really prayed to God to carry them through the trials of the day, as really believing that for this they needed the special help of God. If we were asked this moment if we were filled with the Holy Spirit, how many of us would dare to answer "yes"? Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace. Because we have the prospect of an abundant reward according to our works. It is not in our power to act as we please, or for our own ends (Romans 14:7-8).2. Owing to this enormous abuses have sprung up under the shadow of the Church. "For Ye are Dead" (Col. Iii. How many, if they pray at all, hope to do right and escape flagrant wrong almost through the intention of doing or not doing, and think that if they call upon God in some general way things will not be much amiss with them.3. (4)All our actual supplies (Philippians 4:19).2. Neale.Those old saints of the Middle Ages, how dearly they loved to set the name of Jesus forth everywhere, by all means, in every curious work of art not merely of Church art, mind you, but of household and domestic furniture. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? (1) He is the channel by which all God's goodness is poured upon us. The Minister of State in his cabinet, labouring to do right and caring nothing for popularity; and the little servant-maid in the kitchen, who scorns to tell a lie, or neglect her daily duties, are both in their respective stations working for God, doing their duty. Preached February 9, 1851. It is not self-mortifying, but it is dying with Christ. He has consecrated what we call secular employments by Himself engaging in them. All duty gathers its significance and blessedness from its relation to Christ. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. "Whatsoever ye do," etc., as one bearing His name, in the might of His name, and to its glory. Nay, a good and a spur which quickened every nerve. "But now do ye also," saith he, "put down all;" [1927] and he makes mention of several more evils of that sort. That is what the priest will invoke for you all, when you leave this abbey. 1). HOLY MUSIC PRESCRIBED "Giving thanks," etc. Wilkinson, D. D.)Doing all to the Lord JesusE B. Pusey, D. D.All have felt at times a painful void after absorption in active duty. If religion consists in entering the service of a God who looks not on the outward appearance but on the heart, that religion will be the only true one which produces right dispositions towards Him of faithfulness in all things, the smallest as well as the biggest. O wretched Man! A bad sermon on the text, "Behold I stand at the door and knock," is (it would seem) sacred; but to paint the well-known picture illustrating same text was secular. gladness to alms-giving to give to Jesus? In the realm of spirit as of matter when we see a great result we know that behind it is a great cause; and we may search the world and we shall not find a power over human hearts comparable with that which lies in this name. Churches are, but not houses we live in. (Admonition 6). Nothing so mean that it was thought unworthy of this monogram; nothing so glorious that it was considered unfit to have that excelling glory added thereto. We must exercise our thoughts much upon Him, and be much taken up with Him in the course of our lives (Psalm 73:23).IV. All our prayer and praises must be offered in the name of the Lord Jesus. "Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone." But it is not thus taken here as if Paul simply intended that in our actions and discourses we should always intermix the word Jesus, or at least preface it. how we can obtain it? "Ephraim is like a silly dove without heart." Oh, if they would just put themselves at Jesus' feet, and Rev. Blot out that name and you blot out the best part of history, all that is purest in morals, elevating in literature, gentle in manners, merciful in laws. i. (4) Now suppose a man embrace Jesus as his Saviour let Christ's love become the acknowledged fact of His life, then it will become a constraining motive, and will not be contented with influencing some of his faculties, employing some of his time; from the nature of things it must have all Christ is mine, and I am His, and whatever I do, spiritual or secular, business or recreation, I must do all in His name. And apart from these who learns, in the midst of his conscious and acknowledged besetting sin, to ask for the grace of God? It must therefore be concluded that He is not a creature, but very God. It is there that the young souls who are to be our successors in cultivating the vineyard of God are to be trained and developed; it is there the process is to begin of restraining and cleansing away the corruption inherent in them as the children of sinful men; there that their earliest longings after fellowship Friedrich SchleiermacherSelected Sermons of SchleiermacherUnity and Peace. It must have points of contact with every part of my life. Many Christians seem to think that in the daily deeds and words of life they either cannot or else must sin, and that these two are much the same. What it is? I want to emphasize that word "all." 1. THE MOTIVE POWER OF A HOLY LIFE. All the wicked dealings and defilement of Ephraim is uncovered--and the Lord said: "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion." 3). None but pure gold may receive the special goldsmith's mark, none but true, honest work can bear the mark of the Lord Jesus.(H. "Your Life is Hid" (Col. Iii. "Ephraim hath made many altars to sin." VERSES: Colossians 3:1-15. and why so many do not obtain it, and are, therefore, not at peace? Ulysses said, "What's that?" Paul here clearly gives to Christ the whole of life. Others have a mighty Saviour, because they make Him to be great and mighty. CHRISTIANITY IS A REALITY, AND DEALS WITH REALITIES.1. To do all by His strength (Acts 4:6-7, 10; 1 Samuel 17:45; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9). 3). Differently to be admonished are servants and masters. One phrase holds it all "He died for me." Colossians 3:16 Sermons: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to God. He eats and drinks to the glory of God, who does so not for pleasure, but for strength for God's service; He sleeps to God's glory, who rests in Christ, hoping to rise to do Him honour; he does his daily task to the glory of God who plies it under the eye of God, and does it or not as and how he thinks God would have it done or not.3. Yes, silver and gold and gems conspired together to mark out this name on the paten, or the chalice, or the shrine; the manufacturer of Limoges worked it out in his enamel; in the monastery potteries they burnt it in on their tiles; in convents they embroidered it on chasuble and cope; in the glorious windows of churches the light came in, sanctified, as it were, and hallowed by the name of the True Light; the poor peasant was encouraged, with his clasp knife, to consecrate his house by carving the same name on the hutch of his door or the barge-boards of his roof; the name of salvation could not be out of place among the dwellings of those who looked to be saved; the name which to adore will be the work of eternity, could never be out of place for the meditation and the worship of earth.(Dr. Take a man whose motives is the advancement of himself or his family. Here is one on Colossians 3:12 called "What Should I Wear?". It says not, "Give your bodies to be burned for the glory of God," but, "Whether ye eat or drink," etc.2. (2) We must use words of wisdom (Book of Proverbs), words of truth and soberness (Acts 23:25), words of righteousness (Job 6:25), wholesome words (2 Timothy 1:13), words of eternal life (John 6:68). Baltimore, U.S., 1874. Surely, too, all great music is most truly religious. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. 5. The aims of an ambitious man and of a true believer have no external difference, yet if you examine the inward springs of both, you will find one a piece of vanity, the other a fruit of charity.2. AugustineOn Continence"But Now do Ye Also," Saith He, "Put Down All31. A. Application:1. By this(1) Paul banishes, from our mind all unfruitful works of darkness, it being evident that we can do nothing that is opposed to His will. Remember what we are to God through creation, providence, and grace.2. One question that rises in every mind is this: "How can I live that life of perfect trust in God?" He then goes on to declare that the believer's life is in Christ, "for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Not more cer tainly does the law of gravity reach from world to world than does this law prevail wherever intelligence exists.2. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. He then goes on to declare that the believer's life is in Christ, "for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." "Let the peace of God rule in your hearts." He was in advance even of the earliest seeker that Easter morning, and He will be waiting for us before the break of day with His glad "All Hail," if we have only eyes to see Rev. It is not egoistic to say so, for filling to overflowing is utterly and completely God's work--it is all of grace. In the case of the former pursuit will lead away from, in the case of the latter it will lead to, the truth. (c)That we live in entire confidence in and dependence upon Him.4. Or hast thou done anything for man's praise, feeling that the eye whose praise thou prizedst was upon thee? Differently to be admonished are subjects and prelates: the former that subjection crush them not, the latter that superior place elate them not: the former that they fail not to fulfil what is commanded them, the latter that they command not more to be fulfilled than is just: the former that they submit humbly, the latter that they preside temperately. 1). THE EXTREME BREADTH AND LOFTY SPIRIT OF CHRISTIAN DUTY. At the Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of GloryChrist Our Life. But it is not thus taken here as if Paul simply intended that in our actions and discourses we should always intermix the word Jesus, or at least preface it. 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