Colossians 3

CHAPTER 3

Put On the New Man

¹Therefore, if you have been ^araised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, ^bseated at the right hand of God.

^21aSet your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

³For you ^adied and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.

⁴When Christ, ^awho is our life, is manifested, ^bthen you also will be manifested with Him in glory.

^5aTherefore, ¹consider ^bthe members of your earthly body as dead to ^csexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

⁶On account of these things, ^athe wrath of God is coming ¹upon the sons of disobedience,

⁷and ^ain them you also once walked, when you were living ¹in them.

⁸But now you also, ^alay them all aside: ^bwrath, anger, malice, slander, and ^cabusive speech from your mouth.

^91aDo not lie to one another, since you ^bput off the old man with its evil practices,

¹⁰and have ^aput on the new man who is being ^1brenewed to a full knowledge ^caccording to the image of the One who ^dcreated him—

¹¹a renewal in which ^athere is no distinction between Greek and Jew, ^bcircumcised and uncircumcised, ^1cbarbarian, Scythian, ^dslave, and freeman, but ^eChrist is all and in all.

¹²So, as the ^aelect of God, holy and beloved, ^bput on a ^cheart of compassion, kindness, ^dhumility, gentleness, and ^1epatience;

^13abearing with one another, and ^bgraciously forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone, ^cjust as the Lord graciously forgave you, so also should you.

¹⁴Above all these things put on love, which is ^1athe perfect bond of ^bunity.

¹⁵And let ^athe peace of Christ ¹rule in your hearts, to which ²indeed you were called in ^bone body, and ³be thankful.

¹⁶Let ^athe word of ¹Christ dwell in you richly, ²with all wisdom ^bteaching and admonishing ³one another ^cwith psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ^dsinging ⁴with gratefulness in your hearts to God.

^17aAnd whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, ^bgiving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Family and Work

^18aWives, ^bbe subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

^19aHusbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

^20aChildren, obey your parents in all things, for this is pleasing ¹to the Lord.

^21aFathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

^22aSlaves, in all things obey those who are your masters ¹according to the flesh, ^bnot with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but with ²integrity of heart, fearing the Lord.

²³Whatever you do, do your work ¹heartily, ^aas for the Lord ²rather than for men,

^24aknowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward ¹of ^bthe inheritance. ^2cServe the Lord Christ.

²⁵For ^ahe who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and ^1bthat without partiality.