Risen with Christ

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above. . . . Col. 3:1 The clause rendered in our version, "If ye be risen with Christ" should have been translated, "If ye then were raised together. . . ." The word "if" is not a doubtful hypothesis. The apostle does not mean to say, "Whether ye are raised with Christ is not certain. It may or may not be." The conjunction "if" sets forth the being raised with Christ as an undoubted fact. The conditional clause is thus equivalent in...