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| Colossians 3:1 | If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. | If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand. | If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. |
| Colossians 3:2 | Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. | Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth. | Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. |
| Colossians 3:3 | For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. | For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. | For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. |
| Colossians 3:4 | When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. | When Christ appears He is our true Life then you also will appear with Him in glory. | When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory. |
| Colossians 3:5 | Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; | Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry. | Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; |
| Colossians 3:6 | for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: | It is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming, | for which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience. |
| Colossians 3:7 | wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; | and you also were once addicted to them, while you were living under their power. | You also once walked in those, when you lived in these things; |
| Colossians 3:8 | but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth: | But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse so that these may never soil your lips. | but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth. |
| Colossians 3:9 | lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, | Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings, | Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, |
| Colossians 3:10 | and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him: | and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it. | and have put on the new man, that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator, |
| Colossians 3:11 | where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all. | In that new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free man, but Christ is everything and is in all of us. | where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all. |
| Colossians 3:12 | Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; | Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; | Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; |
| Colossians 3:13 | 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: | bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive. | bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do. |
| Colossians 3:14 | and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness. | And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union; | Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. |
| Colossians 3:15 | And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. | and let the peace which Christ gives settle all questionings in your hearts, to which peace indeed you were called as belonging to His one Body; and be thankful. | Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body. Be thankful. |
| Colossians 3:16 | 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. | Let the teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace in your hearts to God. | 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 hearts to God. |
| Colossians 3:17 | 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. | And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father. | 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. |
| Colossians 3:18 | Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. | Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. | Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. |
| Colossians 3:19 | Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. | Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly. | Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them. |
| Colossians 3:20 | Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord. | Children be obedient to your parents in everything; for that is right for Christians. | Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. |
| Colossians 3:21 | Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. | Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose. | Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged. |
| Colossians 3:22 | 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: | Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord. | Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord. |
| Colossians 3:23 | whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; | Whatever you are doing, let your hearts be in your work, as a thing done for the Lord and not for men. | Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, |
| Colossians 3:24 | knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ. | For you know that it is from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. Christ is the Master whose bondservants you are. | knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord, Christ. |
| Colossians 3:25 | For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. | The man who perpetrates a wrong will find the wrong repaid to him; and with God there are no merely earthly distinctions. | For he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality. |
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