Colossians 3

1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on 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 mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

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

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

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

4 When Christ, your life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed 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, whatever is worldly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, 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 children of disobedience.

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

7 You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

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

8 but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

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, seeing that you have put 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, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his 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 where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

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

12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, gentleness, humility, 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 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as the Lord forgave you, so you also do.

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 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

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

15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in 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 dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart 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 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do 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, be in subjection 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 bitter against them.

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

20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases 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 that they won't be discouraged.

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

22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as people-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing 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 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for people,

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

24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

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

25 But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

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