Colossians 3 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Life of the New Man

3 So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.(A) 2 Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.(B) 3 For you have died,(C) and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. 4 When the Messiah, who is your[a] life, is revealed,(D) then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.(E)

5 Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature:[b] sexual immorality, impurity,(F) lust,(G) evil desire, and greed,(H) which is idolatry.(I) 6 Because of these, God’s wrath(J) comes on the disobedient,[c] 7 and you once walked in these things when you were living(K) in them. 8 But now you must also put away(L) all the following: anger,(M) wrath,(N) malice,(O) slander,(P) and filthy language from your mouth.(Q) 9 Do not lie(R) to one another, since you have put off(S) the old self[d](T) with its practices 10 and have put on(U) the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your[e] Creator.(V) 11 In Christ[f] there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,[g] slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.(W)

The Christian Life

12 Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved,(X) put on heartfelt compassion, kindness,(Y) humility,(Z) gentleness,(AA) and patience,(AB) 13 accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.(AC) 14 Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. 15 And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called(AD) in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful. 16 Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name(AE) of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Christ in Your Home

18 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.(AF)
19 Husbands,(AG) love your wives(AH) and don’t be bitter(AI) toward them.
20 Children,(AJ) obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers,(AK) do not exasperate(AL) your children, so they won’t become discouraged.
22 Slaves, obey your human(AM) masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.(AN)
23 Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically,[h] as something done for the Lord and not for men,(AO) 24 knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer(AP) will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:4 Other mss read our
  2. Colossians 3:5 Lit death the members on the earth
  3. Colossians 3:6 Other mss omit on the disobedient
  4. Colossians 3:9 Lit man; = a person before conversion
  5. Colossians 3:10 Lit his
  6. Colossians 3:11 Lit Where
  7. Colossians 3:11 A term for a savage
  8. Colossians 3:23 Lit do it from the soul

Cross references

  1. 3:1 : Heb 10:12
  2. 3:2 : Php 3:19
  3. 3:3 : Rm 6:8
  4. 3:4 : 2Co 4:11; 1Jn 1:2; 2:28
  5. 3:4 : Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18
  6. 3:5 : 1Th 4:3, 7
  7. 3:5 : Rm 1:26; 1Th 4:5
  8. 3:5 : Eph 5:3
  9. 3:5 : 1Co 10:14; Gl 5:20; 1Pt 4:3
  10. 3:6 : Jms 1:19; Rv 6:16
  11. 3:7 : Lk 15:13; Rm 6:2
  12. 3:8 : Rm 13:12
  13. 3:8 : Jms 1:19
  14. 3:8 : Rv 14:19
  15. 3:8 : 1Co 14:20
  16. 3:8 : Jn 10:33; Rv 13:6
  17. 3:8 : Eph 4:22-31
  18. 3:9 : Lv 19:11; 1Tm 2:7
  19. 3:9 : Col 2:15
  20. 3:9 : Eph 4:22
  21. 3:10 : Pr 31:25
  22. 3:10 : Mk 13:19; Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14
  23. 3:11 : Eph 1:23
  24. 3:12 : Jn 3:16; 2Th 2:13; Rv 12:11
  25. 3:12 : 2Co 6:6
  26. 3:12 : Ac 20:19; Eph 4:2; Php 2:3; Col 2:18, 23; 1Pt 5:5
  27. 3:12 : Jms 3:13
  28. 3:12 : 2Tm 3:10
  29. 3:13 : 2Co 2:7, 10; 12:13; Eph 4:32
  30. 3:15 : Jn 14:27; 1Co 7:15; Php 4:7
  31. 3:17 : Jn 14:13; Php 2:10
  32. 3:18–4:1 : Eph 5:22–6:9
  33. 3:19 : 1Pt 3:1
  34. 3:19 : Eph 5:25; 1Pt 3:1
  35. 3:19 : Rv 8:11; 10:9-10
  36. 3:20 : Gn 3:16; Lv 10:14; Dt 31:12; Ps 37:25; Pr 20:7; Lk 1:7; Ac 2:39; Heb 2:13
  37. 3:21 : Ps 103:13; Eph 6:4; Heb 11:23
  38. 3:21 : 2Co 9:2
  39. 3:22 : Rm 1:3; 4:1; 8:4-5, 12-13; 9:3, 5; 1Co 1:26; 10:18; 2Co 1:17; 5:16; 10:2-3; 11:18; Gl 4:23, 29; Eph 6:5
  40. 3:22 : Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
  41. 3:23 : Eph 6:7
  42. 3:25 : Rv 2:11

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