Colossians 3:1–11

The New Life in Christ

³So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.^{* 2}Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth, ³for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.^{* 4}When Christ who is your^b life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.^*

⁵Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).^{* 6}On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.^{c* 7}These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life.^{d 8}But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive^e language from your mouth.^{* 9}Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices ¹⁰and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.^{* 11}In that renewal^f there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, enslaved and free, but Christ is all and in all!^*