Colossians 3

1 Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

If, therefore, ye have been raised together with the Christ, the things on high, be seeking, where, the Christ, is—on the right hand of God, sitting;

2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:

3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

For ye have died, and, your life, is hid, together with the Christ, in God, —

4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

As soon as, the Christ, shall be made manifest—our life, then, ye also, together with him, shall be made manifest in glory;

5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth—as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry, —

6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

On account of which things cometh the anger of God, —

7 When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways.

Wherein, ye also, walked, at one time, when ye were living in these things;

8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

But, now, do, ye also, put them all away, —anger, wrath, baseness, defamation, shameful talk out of your mouth:

9 Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices,

10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

And having put on the new—who is being moulded afresh unto personal knowledge, after the image of him that hath created him, —

11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

Wherein there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, bond, free, —but, all things and in all, Christ:

12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

13 Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint, —according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

14 And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

And, over all these things, love, which is a uniting-bond of completeness;

15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.

And let, the peace of Christ, act as umpire in your hearts, unto which ye have been called in [one] body, and be thankful:

16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Let, the word of the Christ, dwell within you richly, —in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with gratitude, raising song with your hearts unto God:

17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

And whatsoever ye may be doing, in word, or in work, all things, [do] in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto the Divine Father through him: —

18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Ye wives! be submitting yourselves unto your husbands, as is becoming in the Lord;

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;

21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened;

22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, —not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, —

23 Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men, -

24 because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Knowing that, from the Lord, ye shall duly receive the recompense of the inheritance, —unto the Lord Christ, are ye in service;

25 Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

For, he that acteth unrighteously, shall get back what he had unrighteously done, and there is no respect of persons;