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Colossians 3:5-14
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Colossians 3:5-14
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5 Put to death,(A) therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:(B) sexual immorality,(C) impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,(D) which is idolatry.(E) 6 Because of these, the wrath of God(F) is coming.[a] 7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.(G) 8 But now you must also rid yourselves(H) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(I) and filthy language from your lips.(J) 9 Do not lie to each other,(K) since you have taken off your old self(L) with its practices 10 and have put on the new self,(M) which is being renewed(N) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(O) 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew,(P) circumcised or uncircumcised,(Q) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,(R) but Christ is all,(S) and is in all.
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves(T) with compassion, kindness, humility,(U) gentleness and patience.(V) 13 Bear with each other(W) and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.(X) 14 And over all these virtues put on love,(Y) which binds them all together in perfect unity.(Z)
Footnotes
- Colossians 3:6 Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient
Colossians 3:5-14
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Colossians 3:5-14
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5 Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly:(A) immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry.[a] 6 Because of these the wrath of God[b] is coming [upon the disobedient].(B) 7 By these you too once conducted yourselves, when you lived in that way. 8 But now you must put them all away:[c] anger, fury, malice, slander, and obscene language out of your mouths.(C) 9 Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices(D) 10 [d]and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the image of its creator.(E) 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,[e] slave, free; but Christ is all and in all.(F)
12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,(G) 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.(H) 14 And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.(I)
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- 3:5, 8 The two lists of five vices each are similar to enumerations at Rom 1:29–31 and Gal 5:19–21.
- 3:6 The wrath of God: see note on Rom 1:18. Many manuscripts add, as at Eph 5:6, “upon the disobedient.”
- 3:8–10 Put…away; have taken off; have put on: the terms may reflect baptismal practice, taking off garments and putting on new ones after being united with Christ, here translated into ethical terms.
- 3:10 Image: see note on Col 1:15.
- 3:11 Scythian: a barbarous people from north of the Black Sea.
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