| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. | 1Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. |
| 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. | 2Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. |
| 3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. | 3For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. |
| 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. | 4And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. |
| 5Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. | 5So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. |
| 6Because of these, God's wrath is coming upon the disobedient, | 6Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming. |
| 7and you once walked in these things when you were living in them. | 7You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world. |
| 8But now, put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. | 8But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. |
| 9Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices | 9Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. |
| 10and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator. | 10Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. |
| 11In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all. | 11In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. |
| 12Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, | 12Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. |
| 13bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive. | 13Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. |
| 14Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. | 14Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. |
| 15And let the peace of Christ, to which you were also called in one body, rule your hearts. And be thankful. | 15And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. |
| 16Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. | 16Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. |
| 17And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. | 17And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. Instructions for Christian Households |
| 18Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. | 18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. |
| 19Husbands, love your wives and don't be bitter toward them. | 19Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly. |
| 20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. | 20Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord. |
| 21Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they won't become discouraged. | 21Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged. |
| 22Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don't work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord. | 22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. |
| 23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people, | 23Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. |
| 24knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ. | 24Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. |
| 25For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism. | 25But if you do what is wrong, you will be paid back for the wrong you have done. For God has no favorites. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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