New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 3:3-16

3For you have 1died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, 2who is our life, is revealed, 3then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

5 4Therefore, 5treat 6the parts of your earthly body as dead to 7sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which 8amounts to idolatry. 6For it is because of these things that 9the wrath of God is coming 10upon the 11sons of disobedience, 7and 12in them you also once walked, when you were living 13in them. 8But now you also, 14rid yourselves of all of them: 15anger, wrath, malice, slander, and 16obscene speech from your mouth. 9 17 18Do not lie to one another, since you 19stripped off the old 20self with its evil practices, 10and have 21put on the new self, which is being 22 23renewed to a true knowledge 24according to the image of the One who 25created it-- 11a renewal in which 26there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, 27circumcised and uncircumcised, 28 29barbarian, 30Scythian, 31slave, and free, but 32Christ is all, and in all.

12So, as those who have been 33chosen of God, holy and beloved, 34put on a 35heart of compassion, kindness, 36humility, gentleness, and 37 38patience; 13 39bearing with one another, and 40forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; 41just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also. 14In addition to all these things put on love, which is 42 43the perfect bond of 44unity. 15Let 45the peace of Christ, to which you were 46indeed called in 47one body, 48rule in your hearts; and 49be thankful. 16Let 50the word of 51Christ richly dwell within you, 52with all wisdom 53teaching and admonishing 54one another 55with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, 56singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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Notes

1. Colossians 3:3 Rom 6:2; 2 Cor 5:14; Col 2:20 ↩
2. Colossians 3:4 John 11:25; Gal 2:20 ↩
3. Colossians 3:4 1 Cor 1:7; Phil 3:21; 1 Pet 1:13; 1 John 2:28; 3:2 ↩
4. Colossians 3:5 Rom 8:13 ↩
5. Colossians 3:5 Lit put to death the parts of your body which are upon the earth ↩
6. Colossians 3:5 Col 2:11 ↩
7. Colossians 3:5 Mark 7:21f; 1 Cor 6:9f, 18; 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19f; Eph 4:19; 5:3, 5 ↩
8. Colossians 3:5 Lit is ↩
9. Colossians 3:6 Rom 1:18; Eph 5:6 ↩
10. Colossians 3:6 Two early mss do not contain upon the sons of disobedience ↩
11. Colossians 3:6 I.e., people opposed to God ↩
12. Colossians 3:7 Eph 2:2 ↩
13. Colossians 3:7 Or among these ↩
14. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:22 ↩
15. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:31 ↩
16. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:29 ↩
17. Colossians 3:9 Or Stop lying ↩
18. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:25 ↩
19. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:22 ↩
20. Colossians 3:9 Lit person ↩
21. Colossians 3:10 Eph 4:24 ↩
22. Colossians 3:10 Lit renovated ↩
23. Colossians 3:10 Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 4:16; Eph 4:23 ↩
24. Colossians 3:10 Gen 1:26; Rom 8:29 ↩
25. Colossians 3:10 Eph 2:10 ↩
26. Colossians 3:11 Rom 10:12; 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28 ↩
27. Colossians 3:11 1 Cor 7:19; Gal 5:6 ↩
28. Colossians 3:11 I.e., uncultured ↩
29. Colossians 3:11 Acts 28:2 ↩
30. Colossians 3:11 I.e., a member of an ancient people near the Black Sea, often considered unrefined ↩
31. Colossians 3:11 Eph 6:8 ↩
32. Colossians 3:11 Eph 1:23 ↩
33. Colossians 3:12 Luke 18:7 ↩
34. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:24 ↩
35. Colossians 3:12 Luke 1:78; Gal 5:22f; Phil 2:1 ↩
36. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3 ↩
37. Colossians 3:12 I.e., forbearance toward others ↩
38. Colossians 3:12 1 Cor 13:4; 2 Cor 6:6 ↩
39. Colossians 3:13 Eph 4:2 ↩
40. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
41. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
42. Colossians 3:14 Lit the uniting bond of perfection ↩
43. Colossians 3:14 Eph 4:3 ↩
44. Colossians 3:14 John 17:23; Heb 6:1 ↩
45. Colossians 3:15 John 14:27 ↩
46. Colossians 3:15 Or also ↩
47. Colossians 3:15 Eph 2:16 ↩
48. Colossians 3:15 Or be in control in ↩
49. Colossians 3:15 Or show yourselves thankful ↩
50. Colossians 3:16 Rom 10:17; Eph 5:26; 1 Thess 1:8 ↩
51. Colossians 3:16 One early ms the Lord ↩
52. Colossians 3:16 Or in ↩
53. Colossians 3:16 Col 1:28 ↩
54. Colossians 3:16 Or one another, singing with psalms... ↩
55. Colossians 3:16 Eph 5:19 ↩
56. Colossians 3:16 1 Cor 14:15 ↩

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