New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 3:8-12

8But now you also, 1rid yourselves of all of them: 2anger, wrath, malice, slander, and 3obscene speech from your mouth. 9 4 5Do not lie to one another, since you 6stripped off the old 7self with its evil practices, 10and have 8put on the new self, which is being 9 10renewed to a true knowledge 11according to the image of the One who 12created it-- 11a renewal in which 13there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, 14circumcised and uncircumcised, 15 16barbarian, 17Scythian, 18slave, and free, but 19Christ is all, and in all.

12So, as those who have been 20chosen of God, holy and beloved, 21put on a 22heart of compassion, kindness, 23humility, gentleness, and 24 25patience;

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Notes

1. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:22 ↩
2. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:31 ↩
3. Colossians 3:8 Eph 4:29 ↩
4. Colossians 3:9 Or Stop lying ↩
5. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:25 ↩
6. Colossians 3:9 Eph 4:22 ↩
7. Colossians 3:9 Lit person ↩
8. Colossians 3:10 Eph 4:24 ↩
9. Colossians 3:10 Lit renovated ↩
10. Colossians 3:10 Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 4:16; Eph 4:23 ↩
11. Colossians 3:10 Gen 1:26; Rom 8:29 ↩
12. Colossians 3:10 Eph 2:10 ↩
13. Colossians 3:11 Rom 10:12; 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28 ↩
14. Colossians 3:11 1 Cor 7:19; Gal 5:6 ↩
15. Colossians 3:11 I.e., uncultured ↩
16. Colossians 3:11 Acts 28:2 ↩
17. Colossians 3:11 I.e., a member of an ancient people near the Black Sea, often considered unrefined ↩
18. Colossians 3:11 Eph 6:8 ↩
19. Colossians 3:11 Eph 1:23 ↩
20. Colossians 3:12 Luke 18:7 ↩
21. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:24 ↩
22. Colossians 3:12 Luke 1:78; Gal 5:22f; Phil 2:1 ↩
23. Colossians 3:12 Eph 4:2; Phil 2:3 ↩
24. Colossians 3:12 I.e., forbearance toward others ↩
25. Colossians 3:12 1 Cor 13:4; 2 Cor 6:6 ↩

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