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 then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

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

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

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

For ye died, 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 be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested 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 members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

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

for which things’ sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience:

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

wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;

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

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking 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 ye have put off the old man with his doings,

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, that is being renewed unto 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 cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; 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 God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, 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 one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

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

and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness.

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 Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye 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 with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto 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 whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting 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 in the Lord.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not 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 them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:

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

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto 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 shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: 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;

For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.