Colossians 3

1 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;

If therefore ye were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

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

Think on the things above, not the things on the earth.

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

For ye died, and your life has been hidden with the Christ in God.

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

When the Christ, our life, is made known, then ye also will be made known with him in glory.

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

Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

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

Because of which the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience,

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

in which ye also once walked when ye lived in them.

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

But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.

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

Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,

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

and having put on the new man, being renewed in knowledge according to an image of him who created him,

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

where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman, but the all and in all, Christ.

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

Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering,

13 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;

forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,

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

and above all these things, love, which is the bond of perfection.

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

And let the peace of God umpire in your hearts, for which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

16 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:

Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

17 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: —

And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.

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

Wives, be ye submissive to your own husbands as is proper in the Lord.

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

Husbands, love the wives and do not be made bitter against them.

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

Children, obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

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

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.

22 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, —

Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

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

And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men,

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

knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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

And he who does wrong will be recompensed what he did wrong, and there is no partiality.