New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 3:5-15

5 1ThereforeG3767 2considerG3499 3the membersG3196 of your earthlyG1093 body as deadG3499 to 4 5immoralityG4202, impurityG167, passionG3806, evilG2556 desireG1939, and greedG4124, whichG3748 6amountsG1510 to idolatryG1495. 6For it is becauseG1223 of theseG3739 thingsG3739 that 7the wrathG3709 of GodG2316 will comeG2064 8upon the sonsG5207 of disobedienceG545, 7and 9in them you alsoG2532 onceG4218 walkedG4043, whenG3753 you were livingG2198 10in them. 8But nowG3570 you alsoG2532, 11putG659 them allG3956 asideG659: 12angerG3709, wrathG2372, maliceG2549, slanderG988, and 13abusiveG148 speechG148 from your mouthG4750. 9 14 15Do not lieG5574 to oneG240 anotherG240, since you 16laidG554 asideG554 the oldG3820 17selfG444 with its evil practicesG4234, 10and have 18putG1746 on the newG3501 selfG3501 who is being 19 20renewedG341 to a trueG1922 knowledgeG1922 21accordingG2596 to the imageG1504 of the One who 22createdG2936 him-- 11a renewal in whichG3699 23thereG1762 is noG3756 distinction between GreekG1672 and JewG2453, 24circumcisedG4061 and uncircumcisedG203, 25 26barbarianG915, ScythianG4658, 27slaveG1401 and freemanG1658, but 28ChristG5547 is allG3956, and in allG3956.

12SoG3767, as those who have been 29chosenG1588 of GodG2316, holyG40 and belovedG25, 30putG1746 on a 31heartG4698 of compassionG3628, kindnessG5544, 32humilityG5012, gentlenessG4240 and 33 34patienceG3115; 13 35bearingG430 with oneG240 anotherG240, and 36forgivingG5483 eachG1438 otherG1438, whoeverG1437 G5100 hasG2192 a complaintG3437 againstG4314 anyoneG5100; 37justG2531 as the LordG2962 forgaveG5483 you, soG3779 alsoG2532 should you. 14BeyondG1909 allG3956 theseG3778 thingsG3778 put on loveG26, whichG3739 is 38 39the perfectG5047 bondG4886 of 40unityG4886. 15Let 41the peaceG1515 of ChristG5547 42ruleG1018 in your heartsG2588, to whichG3739 43indeedG2532 you were calledG2564 in 44oneG1520 bodyG4983; and 45be thankfulG2170.

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Notes

1. Colossians 3:5 Rom 8:13 ↩
2. Colossians 3:5 Lit put to death the members which are upon the earth ↩
3. Colossians 3:5 Col 2:11 ↩
4. Colossians 3:5 Lit fornication ↩
5. Colossians 3:5 Mark 7:21f; 1 Cor 6:9f, 18; 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19f; Eph 4:19; 5:3, 5 ↩
6. Colossians 3:5 Lit is ↩
7. Colossians 3:6 Rom 1:18; Eph 5:6 ↩
8. Colossians 3:6 Two early mss do not contain upon the sons of disobedience ↩
9. Colossians 3:7 Eph 2:2 ↩
10. Colossians 3:7 Or among these ↩
11. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:22 ↩
12. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:31 ↩
13. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:29 ↩
14. Colossians 3:9 Or Stop lying ↩
15. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:25 ↩
16. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:22 ↩
17. Colossians 3:9 Gr anthropos ↩
18. Colossians 3:10 Eph 4:24 ↩
19. Colossians 3:10 Lit renovated ↩
20. Colossians 3:10 Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 4:16; Eph 4:23 ↩
21. Colossians 3:10 Gen 1:26; Rom 8:29 ↩
22. Colossians 3:10 Eph 2:10 ↩
23. Colossians 3:11 Rom 10:12; 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28 ↩
24. Colossians 3:11 1 Cor 7:19; Gal 5:6 ↩
25. Colossians 3:11 I.e. those who were not Greeks, either by birth or by culture ↩
26. Colossians 3:11 Acts 28:2 ↩
27. Colossians 3:11 Eph 6:8 ↩
28. Colossians 3:11 Eph 1:23 ↩
29. Colossians 3:12 Luke 18:7 ↩
30. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:24 ↩
31. Colossians 3:12 Luke 1:78; Gal 5:22f; Phil 2:1 ↩
32. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3 ↩
33. Colossians 3:12 I.e. forbearance toward others ↩
34. Colossians 3:12 1 Cor 13:4; 2 Cor 6:6 ↩
35. Colossians 3:13 Eph 4:2 ↩
36. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
37. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
38. Colossians 3:14 Lit the uniting bond of perfection ↩
39. Colossians 3:14 Eph 4:3 ↩
40. Colossians 3:14 John 17:23; Heb 6:1 ↩
41. Colossians 3:15 John 14:27 ↩
42. Colossians 3:15 Or act as arbiter ↩
43. Colossians 3:15 Lit also ↩
44. Colossians 3:15 Eph 2:16 ↩
45. Colossians 3:15 Or show yourselves thankful ↩

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