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 have risen with the Messiah, seek the things on high, where the Messiah sitteth on the right hand of God.

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

Think of things on high; not of the things on earth:

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

for ye are dead; and your life is hidden with the Messiah, 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;

And when the Messiah, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also be manifested 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 that are on the earth; whoredom, impurity, and the passions, and evil concupiscence, and avarice which is idolatry.

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

For on account of these things, the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.

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

And in these things ye also formerly 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, put away from you all these, wrath, anger, malice, reviling, filthy talking:

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

and lie not one to another; but put off the old man, with all 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 put ye on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge, after the likeness of his Creator;

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 Jew nor Gentile, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, neither Greek nor barbarian, neither bond nor free; but the Messiah 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,

Therefore, holy and beloved, as the elect of God, put ye on compassions, and tenderness, and suavity, and humbleness of mind, and gentleness, and 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;

And be ye indulgent towards one another, and forgiving to one another: and if any one has a complaint against his neighbor, as the Messiah forgave you, so also do ye forgive.

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

And with all these, join love, which is the girdle 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 the Messiah direct your hearts; for to that ye have been called, in one body; and be ye thankful to the Messiah.

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:

And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye 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 whatever ye do in word or act, do it in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and give thanksgiving through him to God the Father.

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

Wives, be ye subject to your husbands, as is right in the Messiah.

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

Husbands, love ye your wives, and be not bitter towards 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 every thing; for this is pleasing before our Lord.

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

Parents, anger not your children, 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 bodily masters; not in the sight of the eye only, as those who please men, but with a simple heart, and in the fear of the Lord.

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

And whatever ye do, do it with your whole soul, as unto our Lord, and not as 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;

and know ye, that from our Lord ye will receive a recompense as the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord the Messiah.

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

But the delinquent will receive a recompense, according to the delinquency; and there is no respect of persons.