New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 3:5-15

5 1Therefore, 2treat 3the parts of your earthly body as dead to 4sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which 5amounts to idolatry. 6For it is because of these things that 6the wrath of God is coming 7upon the 8sons of disobedience, 7and 9in them you also once walked, when you were living 10in them. 8But now you also, 11rid yourselves of all of them: 12anger, wrath, malice, slander, and 13obscene speech from your mouth. 9 14 15Do not lie to one another, since you 16stripped off the old 17self with its evil practices, 10and have 18put on the new self, which is being 19 20renewed to a true knowledge 21according to the image of the One who 22created it-- 11a renewal in which 23there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, 24circumcised and uncircumcised, 25 26barbarian, 27Scythian, 28slave, and free, but 29Christ is all, and in all.

12So, as those who have been 30chosen of God, holy and beloved, 31put on a 32heart of compassion, kindness, 33humility, gentleness, and 34 35patience; 13 36bearing with one another, and 37forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; 38just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also. 14In addition to all these things put on love, which is 39 40the perfect bond of 41unity. 15Let 42the peace of Christ, to which you were 43indeed called in 44one body, 45rule in your hearts; and 46be thankful.

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Notes

1. Colossians 3:5 Rom 8:13 ↩
2. Colossians 3:5 Lit put to death the parts of your body which are upon the earth ↩
3. Colossians 3:5 Col 2:11 ↩
4. Colossians 3:5 Mark 7:21f; 1 Cor 6:9f, 18; 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19f; Eph 4:19; 5:3, 5 ↩
5. Colossians 3:5 Lit is ↩
6. Colossians 3:6 Rom 1:18; Eph 5:6 ↩
7. Colossians 3:6 Two early mss do not contain upon the sons of disobedience ↩
8. Colossians 3:6 I.e., people opposed to God ↩
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 Lit person ↩
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., uncultured ↩
26. Colossians 3:11 Acts 28:2 ↩
27. Colossians 3:11 I.e., a member of an ancient people near the Black Sea, often considered unrefined ↩
28. Colossians 3:11 Eph 6:8 ↩
29. Colossians 3:11 Eph 1:23 ↩
30. Colossians 3:12 Luke 18:7 ↩
31. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:24 ↩
32. Colossians 3:12 Luke 1:78; Gal 5:22f; Phil 2:1 ↩
33. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3 ↩
34. Colossians 3:12 I.e., forbearance toward others ↩
35. Colossians 3:12 1 Cor 13:4; 2 Cor 6:6 ↩
36. Colossians 3:13 Eph 4:2 ↩
37. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
38. Colossians 3:13 Rom 15:7; Eph 4:32 ↩
39. Colossians 3:14 Lit the uniting bond of perfection ↩
40. Colossians 3:14 Eph 4:3 ↩
41. Colossians 3:14 John 17:23; Heb 6:1 ↩
42. Colossians 3:15 John 14:27 ↩
43. Colossians 3:15 Or also ↩
44. Colossians 3:15 Eph 2:16 ↩
45. Colossians 3:15 Or be in control in ↩
46. Colossians 3:15 Or show yourselves thankful ↩

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