Col 3 | NASB1995 | STEP | Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ , keep seeking the things above , where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God .

bk Col 3:18-4:1: Eph 5:22-6:9

bl Eph 5:22

bm Eph 5:25; 1 Pet 3:7

bn Eph 6:1

bz Acts 20:32; 1 Pet 1:4

ca 1 Cor 7:22

cb Eph 6:8

cd Deut 10:17; Acts 10:34; Eph 6:9

Colossians 3

Put On the New Self

1 Therefore if you have been ^araised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, ^bseated at the right hand of God. 2 ^{▼▼ Or Be intent on
,} ^dSet your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have ^edied and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, ^fwho is our life, is revealed, ^gthen you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

5 ^hTherefore ^{▼▼ Lit put to death the members which are upon the earth}consider ^jthe members of your earthly body as dead to ^{▼▼ Lit fornication
,} ^limmorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which ^{▼▼ Lit is}amounts to idolatry. 6 For it is because of these things that ⁿthe wrath of God will come ^{▼▼ Two early mss do not contain upon the sons of disobedience}upon the sons of disobedience, 7 and ^pin them you also once walked, when you were living ^{▼▼ Or among these}in them. 8 But now you also, ^rput them all aside: ^sanger, wrath, malice, slander, and ^tabusive speech from your mouth. 9 ^{▼▼ Or Stop lying
,} ^vDo not lie to one another, since you ^wlaid aside the old ^{▼▼ Gr anthropos}self with its evil practices, 10 and have ^yput on the new self who is being ^{▼▼ Lit renovated
,} ^aarenewed to a true knowledge ^abaccording to the image of the One who ^accreated him— 11 a renewal in which ^adthere is no distinction between Greek and Jew, ^aecircumcised and uncircumcised, ^{▼▼ I.e. those who were not Greeks, either by birth or by culture
,} ^agbarbarian, Scythian, ^ahslave and freeman, but ^aiChrist is all, and in all.

12 So, as those who have been ^ajchosen of God, holy and beloved, ^akput on a ^alheart of compassion, kindness, ^amhumility, gentleness and ^{▼▼ I.e. forbearance toward others
,} ^aopatience; 13 ^apbearing with one another, and ^aqforgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; ^arjust as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is ^{▼▼ Lit the uniting bond of perfection
,} ^atthe perfect bond of ^auunity. 15 Let ^avthe peace of Christ ^{▼▼ Or act as arbiter}rule in your hearts, to which ^{▼▼ Lit also}indeed you were called in ^ayone body; and ^{▼▼ Or show yourselves thankful}be thankful. 16 Let ^bathe word of ^{▼▼ One early ms reads the Lord}Christ richly dwell within you, ^{▼▼ Or in}with all wisdom ^bdteaching and admonishing ^{▼▼ Or one another, singing with psalms...}one another ^bfwith psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ^bgsinging ^{▼▼ Or by; lit in His grace}with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 ^biWhatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, ^bjgiving thanks through Him to God the Father.

Family Relations

18 ^bkWives, ^blbe subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 ^bmHusbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. 20 ^bnChildren, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing ^{▼▼ Lit in}to the Lord. 21 ^bpFathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

22 ^bqSlaves, in all things obey those who are your masters ^{▼▼ Lit according to the flesh}on earth, ^bsnot with ^{▼▼ Lit eyeservice}external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, do your work ^{▼▼ Lit from the soul}heartily, ^bvas for the Lord ^{▼▼ Lit and not}rather than for men, 24 ^bxknowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward ^{▼▼ I.e. consisting of}of ^bzthe inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you ^caserve. 25 For ^cbhe who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and ^{▼▼ Lit there is no partiality
,} ^cdthat without partiality.