Colossians 3
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Colossians 3:8-14

8But nowG3570 you alsoG2532, 1putG659 them allG3956 asideG659: 2angerG3709, wrathG2372, maliceG2549, slanderG988, and 3abusiveG148 speechG148 from your mouthG4750. 945Do not lieG5574 to oneG240 anotherG240, since you 6laidG554 asideG554 the oldG3820 7selfG444 with its evil practicesG4234, 10and have 8putG1746 on the newG3501 selfG3501 who is being 910renewedG341 to a trueG1922 knowledgeG1922 11accordingG2596 to the imageG1504 of the One who 12createdG2936 him-- 11a renewal in whichG3699 13thereG1762 is noG3756 distinction between GreekG1672 and JewG2453, 14circumcisedG4061 and uncircumcisedG203, 1516barbarianG915, ScythianG4658, 17slaveG1401 and freemanG1658, but 18ChristG5547 is allG3956, and in allG3956.

12SoG3767, as those who have been 19chosenG1588 of GodG2316, holyG40 and belovedG25, 20putG1746 on a 21heartG4698 of compassionG3628, kindnessG5544, 22humilityG5012, gentlenessG4240 and 2324patienceG3115; 1325bearingG430 with oneG240 anotherG240, and 26forgivingG5483 eachG1438 otherG1438, whoeverG1437G5100 hasG2192 a complaintG3437 againstG4314 anyoneG5100; 27justG2531 as the LordG2962 forgaveG5483 you, soG3779 alsoG2532 should you. 14BeyondG1909 allG3956 theseG3778 thingsG3778 put on loveG26, whichG3739 is 2829the perfectG5047 bondG4886 of 30unityG4886.

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:22 ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:31 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:29 ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 3:9 Or Stop lying ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:25 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:22 ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 3:9 Gr anthropos ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 3:10 Eph 4:24 ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 3:10 Lit renovated ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 3:10 Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 4:16; Eph 4:23 ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 3:10 Gen 1:26; Rom 8:29 ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 3:10 Eph 2:10 ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 3:11 Rom 10:12; 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28 ↩
  14. 14. Colossians 3:11 1 Cor 7:19; Gal 5:6 ↩
  15. 15. Colossians 3:11 I.e. those who were not Greeks, either by birth or by culture ↩
  16. 16. Colossians 3:11 Acts 28:2 ↩
  17. 17. Colossians 3:11 Eph 6:8 ↩
  18. 18. Colossians 3:11 Eph 1:23 ↩
  19. 19. Colossians 3:12 Luke 18:7 ↩
  20. 20. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:24 ↩
  21. 21. Colossians 3:12 Luke 1:78; Gal 5:22f; Phil 2:1 ↩
  22. 22. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3 ↩
  23. 23. Colossians 3:12 I.e. forbearance toward others ↩
  24. 24. Colossians 3:12 1 Cor 13:4; 2 Cor 6:6 ↩
  25. 25. Colossians 3:13 Eph 4:2 ↩
  26. 26. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
  27. 27. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
  28. 28. Colossians 3:14 Lit the uniting bond of perfection ↩
  29. 29. Colossians 3:14 Eph 4:3 ↩
  30. 30. Colossians 3:14 John 17:23; Heb 6:1 ↩

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