| 3:1 | Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. |
| 3:2 | Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth, |
| 3:3 | for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. |
| 3:4 | When Christ (who is your* life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him. |
| 3:5 | So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth:* sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion,* evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. |
| 3:6 | Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.* |
| 3:7 | You also lived your lives* in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. |
| 3:8 | But now, put off all such things* as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. |
| 3:9 | Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices |
| 3:10 | and have been clothed with the new man* that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it. |
| 3:11 | Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave* or free, but Christ is all and in all. |
| 3:12 | Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy,* kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, |
| 3:13 | bearing with one another and forgiving* one another, if someone happens to have* a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.* |
| 3:14 | And to all these* virtues* add* love, which is the perfect bond.* |
| 3:15 | Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body* to this peace), and be thankful. |
| 3:16 | Let the word of Christ* dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace* in your hearts to God. |
| 3:17 | And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
| 3:18 | Wives, submit to your* husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. |
| 3:19 | Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. |
| 3:20 | Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord. |
| 3:21 | Fathers,* do not provoke* your children, so they will not become disheartened. |
| 3:22 | Slaves,* obey your earthly* masters in every respect, not only when they are watching – like those who are strictly people-pleasers – but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord. |
| 3:23 | Whatever you are doing,* work at it with enthusiasm,* as to the Lord and not for people,* |
| 3:24 | because you know that you will receive your* inheritance* from the Lord as the reward. Serve* the Lord Christ. |
| 3:25 | For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong,* and there are no exceptions.* |
Colossians 3 - NET Bible [draft]
