New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 3:5-15

5 1ThereforeG3767, 2treatG3499 3the partsG3196 of your earthlyG1093 body asG3499 deadG3499 to 4sexualG4202 immoralityG4202, impurityG167, passionG3806, evilG2556 desireG1939, and greedG4124, whichG3748 5amountsG1510 to idolatryG1495. 6For it is becauseG1223 of theseG3739 thingsG3739 that 6the wrathG3709 of GodG2316 is comingG2064 7upon the 8sonsG5207 of disobedienceG545, 7and 9in them you alsoG2532 onceG4218 walkedG4043, whenG3753 you were livingG2198 10in them. 8But nowG3570 you alsoG2532, 11ridG659 yourselves ofG659 allG3956 of them: 12angerG3709, wrathG2372, maliceG2549, slanderG988, and 13obsceneG148 speechG148 from your mouthG4750. 9 14 15Do not lieG5574 to oneG240 anotherG240, since you 16strippedG554 offG554 the oldG3820 17selfG444 with its evil practicesG4234, 10and have 18putG1746 onG1746 the newG3501 self, which is being 19 20renewedG341 to a trueG1922 knowledgeG1922 21accordingG2596 to the imageG1504 of the One who 22createdG2936 it-- 11a renewal in whichG3699 23thereG1762 isG1762 noG3756 distinction between GreekG1672 and JewG2453, 24circumcisedG4061 and uncircumcisedG203, 25 26barbarianG915, 27ScythianG4658, 28slaveG1401, and freeG1658, but 29ChristG5547 is allG3956, and in allG3956.

12SoG3767, as those who have been 30chosenG1588 of GodG2316, holyG40 and belovedG25, 31putG1746 onG1746 a 32heartG4698 of compassionG3628, kindnessG5544, 33humilityG5012, gentlenessG4240, and 34 35patienceG3115; 13 36bearingG430 with oneG240 anotherG240, and 37forgivingG5483 eachG1438 otherG1438, whoeverG1437 G5100 hasG2192 a complaintG3437 againstG4314 anyoneG5100; 38justG2531 asG2531 the LordG2962 forgaveG5483 you, soG3779 must you do alsoG2532. 14In additionG1909 to allG3956 theseG3778 thingsG3778 put on loveG26, whichG3739 is 39 40the perfectG5047 bondG4886 ofG4886 41unityG4886. 15Let 42the peaceG1515 of ChristG5547, to whichG3739 you were 43indeedG2532 calledG2564 in 44oneG1520 bodyG4983, 45ruleG1018 in your heartsG2588; and 46be thankfulG2170.

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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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