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 you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God.

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

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

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

For you are dead, and your life is hid with 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 Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear 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, —

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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

For which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience:

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

In the which you also walked some time, when you 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 you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

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

Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;

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 have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that 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 neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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 the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

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 one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.

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

And above all these things put on charity, 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 rule in your hearts, to the which also you are called in one body; and be you 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 richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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 whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

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

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they 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, —

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men pleasers; but in singleness 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 whatever you do, do it heartily, 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 of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for you 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;

But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons.