Colossians 3
Put On the New Self
1 Therefore, if you have been araised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, bseated at the right hand of God. 2 ▼▼Or Be intent on
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dSet your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth. 3For you have edied, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, fwho is our life, is revealed, gthen you also will be revealed with Him in glory. 5 hTherefore, ▼
▼Lit put to death the parts of your body which are upon the earth
treat jthe parts of your earthly body as dead to ksexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which ▼▼Lit is
amounts to idolatry. 6For it is because of these things that mthe wrath of God is coming ▼▼Two early mss do not contain upon the sons of disobedience
upon the ▼▼I.e., people opposed to God
sons of disobedience, 7and pin them you also once walked, when you were living ▼▼Or among these
in them. 8But now you also, rrid yourselves of all of them: sanger, wrath, malice, slander, and tobscene speech from your mouth. 9 ▼▼Or Stop lying
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vDo not lie to one another, since you wstripped off the old ▼▼Lit person
self with its evil practices, 10and have yput on the new self, which is being ▼▼Lit renovated
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aarenewed to a true knowledge abaccording to the image of the One who accreated it-- 11a renewal in which adthere is no distinction between Greek and Jew, aecircumcised and uncircumcised, ▼▼I.e., uncultured
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agbarbarian, ▼▼I.e., a member of an ancient people near the Black Sea, often considered unrefined
Scythian, aislave, and free, but ajChrist is all, and in all. 12 So, as those who have been akchosen of God, holy and beloved, alput on a amheart of compassion, kindness, anhumility, gentleness, and ▼
▼I.e., forbearance toward others
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appatience; 13 aqbearing with one another, and arforgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; asjust as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also. 14In addition to all these things put on love, which is ▼▼Lit the uniting bond of perfection
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authe perfect bond of avunity. 15Let awthe peace of Christ, to which you were ▼▼Or also
indeed called in ayone body, ▼▼Or be in control in
rule in your hearts; and ▼▼Or show yourselves thankful
be thankful. 16Let bbthe word of ▼▼One early ms the Lord
Christ richly dwell within you, ▼▼Or in
with all wisdom beteaching and admonishing ▼▼Or one another, singing with psalms...
one another bgwith psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, bhsinging with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 biWhatever you do in word or deed, do everything 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 become bitter against them. 20 bnChildren, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing ▼▼Lit in
to the Lord. 21 bpFathers, do not ▼▼Or provoke to anger
antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged. 22 ▼
▼I.e., slaves in first-century Roman culture
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bsSlaves, obey those who are your ▼▼Lit masters according to flesh
human masters in everything, bunot with ▼▼I.e., working only when watched
eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, do your work ▼▼Lit from the soul
heartily, bxas for the Lord and not for people, 24 byknowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward ▼▼I.e., consisting of
of cathe inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you cbserve. 25For ccthe one who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and ▼▼Lit there is no partiality
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cethat without partiality.
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