Colossians 3

Chapter 3

Put On the New Self

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 have ^adied and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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

^5aTherefore ¹consider ^bthe members of your earthly body as dead to ^2cimmorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which ³amounts to idolatry.

⁶For it is because of these things that ^athe wrath of God will come ¹upon the sons of disobedience,

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

⁸But now you also, ^aput them all aside: ^banger, wrath, malice, slander, and ^cabusive speech from your mouth.

^91aDo not lie to one another, since you ^blaid aside the old ²self with its evil practices,

¹⁰and have ^aput on the new self who is being ^1brenewed to a true 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, ^cbarbarian, Scythian, ^dslave and freeman, but ^eChrist is all, and in all.

¹²So, as those who have been ^achosen of God, holy and beloved, ^bput on a ^cheart of compassion, kindness, ^dhumility, gentleness and ^1epatience;

^13abearing with one another, and ^bforgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

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

¹⁵Let ^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 richly dwell within you, ²with all wisdom ^bteaching and admonishing ³one another ^cwith psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ^dsinging ⁴with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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

Family Relations

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

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

^20aChildren, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-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 ¹on earth, ^bnot with ²external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity 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. It is the Lord Christ whom you ^cserve.

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