<p>3:16- see on 1 Pet. 2:5.<br /><i><br /></i><i>Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. In all wisdom teach and encourage one another<em>- </em></i>This may well be an allusion to the tradition of learning the Gospel of Mark. How can it richly dwell in us if we do not daily meditate upon those inspired records? </p><p><i>With Psalms, hymns, spiritual songs- singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord</i>- There are connections between praise and forgiveness of sin. Col. 3:16 speaks of communal hymn singing as a means of &quot;admonishing&quot; each other- and the Greek translated &quot;admonish&quot; here means just that (cp. Tit. 3:10). The connection between praise and confession / forgiveness makes this appropriate. It may be that Paul is writing with his eye on Dt. 32; the Song of Moses spoke of Israel's weakness and proneness to apostasy. Yet they were bidden sing this to each other, in order to inculcate the culture of forgiveness without repentance- see on :13 and :14. Would anything like that get into a Christian hymn book today? </p>