Colossians 3
3
Living the New Life
1Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4And when Christ, who is your#3:4 Some manuscripts read our. life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.
5So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. 6Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming.#3:6 Some manuscripts read is coming on all who disobey him. 7You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world. 8But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. 9Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. 10Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 11In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,#3:11a Greek a Greek. circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,#3:11b Greek Barbarian, Scythian. slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.
12Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. 15And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
16Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 17And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
Instructions for Christian Households
18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
20Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord. 21Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged.
22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. 23Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.#3:24 Or and serve Christ as your Master. 25But if you do what is wrong, you will be paid back for the wrong you have done. For God has no favorites.
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Colossians 3
3
Put On the New Self
1 # ch.
2:12
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek #[Phil. 3:14] the things that are above, where Christ is, #See Eph. 1:20seated at the right hand of God. 2#See Matt. 16:23Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3For #ch. 2:20; See Rom. 6:2you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ #See John 11:25who is your#3:4 Some manuscripts our life #[Phil. 3:21; 1 Pet. 1:1, 7, 13; 1 John 2:28; 3:2] appears, then you also will appear with him #1 Cor. 15:43in glory.
5 #
Rom. 8:13; [
Gal. 5:24
] Put to death therefore #Rom. 6:13what is earthly in you:#3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth #See Eph. 5:3, 5sexual immorality, impurity, #Rom. 1:26passion, evil desire, and covetousness, #[Job 31:25, 26]which is idolatry. 6#See Eph. 5:6On account of these the wrath of God is coming.#3:6 Some manuscripts add upon the sons of disobedience 7#See Eph. 2:2, 11In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8But now #See Eph. 4:22you must put them all away: #Eph. 4:31anger, wrath, malice, #See Eph. 4:29slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9#Lev. 19:11; See Eph. 4:25Do not lie to one another, seeing that #ch. 2:11you have put off #Rom. 6:6; Eph. 4:22the old self#3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10 with its practices 10and #Eph. 4:24have put on #See Rom. 6:4the new self, #See Rom. 12:2which is being renewed in knowledge #See Rom. 8:29after the image of #[Eph. 2:10]its creator. 11#[Rom. 10:12]; See 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 5:6Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,#3:11 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for Bondservants in verse 22 free; but Christ is #Eph. 1:23all, and in all.
12 # ver.
10
Put on then, as #Rom. 8:33God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, #Phil. 2:1compassionate hearts, #Eph. 4:32kindness, #See Eph. 4:2humility, meekness, and patience, 13#[See ver. 12 above] bearing with one another and, #Mark 11:25if one has a complaint against another, #[See ver. 12 above]forgiving each other; #[See ver. 12 above]as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14And above all these put on #[1 Thess. 5:8]; See Eph. 5:2love, which #Eph. 4:3binds everything together in #Heb. 6:1; [John 17:23]perfect harmony. 15And let #See Phil. 4:7the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called #Eph. 2:16in one body. And #ver. 17be thankful. 16Let #John 15:3the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, #See Eph. 5:19singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, #ch. 4:6with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17And #ver. 23; 1 Cor. 10:31whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, #ch. 1:12; 4:2; See Eph. 5:20giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Rules for Christian Households
18 # For ch.
3:18–4:1, see
Eph. 5:22–6:9
Wives, submit to your husbands, as #Eph. 5:4; Philem. 8is fitting in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives, and #Eph. 4:31do not be harsh with them. 20Children, obey your parents #[Eph. 5:24; Titus 2:9]in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22Bondservants, obey #[See ver. 20 above]in everything those who are your earthly masters,#3:22 Or your masters according to the flesh not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23#ver. 17Whatever you do, work heartily, #[Philem. 16]as for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord #[Eph. 6:8] you will receive the inheritance as your reward. #[1 Cor. 7:22]You are serving the Lord Christ. 25For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
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