Col 3:8-10 | TNotes | STEP | 3:8 get rid of (literally take off ): Taking off clothes is a metaphor for ridding our lives of practices that interfere with our walk with the Lord (see Rom 13:12 ; Eph 4:22 , 25 ; Heb 12:1 ; Jas 1:21 ; 1 Pet 2:1 ).

a3:8►

bRom 13:12►

cEph 4:22►

d25►

eHeb 12:1►

fJas 1:21►

g1 Pet 2:1►

h3:9-10►

iRom 5:12-21►

j6:6►

kEph 4:22-24►

‏ Colossians 3:8-10

3:8 ^a get rid of (literally take off): Taking off clothes is a metaphor for ridding our lives of practices that interfere with our walk with the Lord (see Rom 13:12 ^b; Eph 4:22 ^c, 25 ^d; Heb 12:1 ^e; Jas 1:21 ^f; 1 Pet 2:1 ^g).
Summary for Col 3:9-10: 3:9-10 ^h your old sinful nature ... your new nature: Paul contrasts old and new identities (see also Rom 5:12-21 ⁱ; 6:6 ^j; Eph 4:22-24 ^k). Believers strip off their old life and put on Christ’s new life, allowing him to be Lord and to guide the way they live.