Colossians 3
Put On the New Self
1Therefore 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
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dSet your mind on the things 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 members which are upon the earth
consider jthe members of your earthly body as dead to ▼▼ Lit fornication
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limmorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which ▼▼ Lit is
amounts to idolatry. 6For 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, 7and pin them you also once walked, when you were living ▼▼ Or among these
in them. 8But now you also, rput them all aside: sanger, wrath, malice, slander, and tabusive speech from your mouth. 9 ▼▼ Or Stop lying
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vDo not lie to one another, since you wlaid aside the old ▼▼ Gr anthropos
self with its evil practices, 10and have yput on the new self who is being ▼▼ Lit renovated
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aarenewed to a true knowledge abaccording to the image of the One who accreated him— 11a 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
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agbarbarian, Scythian, ahslave and freeman, but aiChrist is all, and in all. 12So, 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
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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. 14Beyond all these things put on love, which is ▼▼ Lit the uniting bond of perfection
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atthe perfect bond of auunity. 15Let 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. 16Let 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. 23Whatever 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. 25For cbhe who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and ▼▼ Lit there is no partiality
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cdthat without partiality.
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