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Epistle to the Colossians, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of Colossians—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ If, however, YOU were raised up1 with the Christ, go on seeking the things above,2 where the Christ is seated at the right hand of God.3
  2. Keep YOUR minds fixed on the things above,4 not on the things upon the earth.5
  3. For YOU died,6 and YOUR life7 has been hidden with the Christ in union8 with God.
  4. When the Christ, our life,9 is made manifest, then YOU also will be made manifest10 with him in glory.11
  5. ¶ Deaden,12 therefore, YOUR body members13 that are upon the earth as respects fornication,[a] uncleanness,[b] sexual appetite,[c]14 hurtful desire, and covetousness,15 which is idolatry.
  6. On account of those things the wrath of God is coming.16
  7. In those very things YOU, too, once walked when YOU used to live in them.17
  8. But now really put them all away from YOU,18 wrath, anger, badness, abusive speech,[d]19 and obscene20 talk out of YOUR mouth.
  9. Do not be lying to one another.21 Strip off the old personality[e]22 with its practices,
  10. and clothe yourselves with the new23 [personality], which through[f] accurate knowledge is being made new according to the image24 of the One who created it,
  11. where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythʹi·an, slave, freeman,25 but Christ is all things and in all.26
  12. ¶ Accordingly, as God’s chosen ones,27 holy and loved, clothe yourselves with the tender affections of compassion,28 kindness, lowliness of mind,[g]29 mildness,30 and long-suffering.31
  13. Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely32 if anyone has a cause for complaint33 against another. Even as Jehovah[h] freely forgave YOU,34 so do YOU also.
  14. But, besides all these things, [clothe yourselves with] love,35 for it is a perfect bond36 of union.[i]
  15. ¶ Also, let the peace37 of the Christ[j] control in YOUR hearts,38 for YOU were, in fact, called to it in one[k] body.39 And show yourselves thankful.
  16. Let the word of the Christ[l] reside in YOU richly in all wisdom.40 Keep on teaching41 and admonishing one another with psalms,42 praises to God,[m] spiritual songs43 with graciousness, singing in YOUR hearts to Jehovah.[n]44
  17. And whatever it is that YOU do in word or in work,45 do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,46 thanking47 God the Father through him.
  18. ¶ YOU wives, be in subjection48 to [your] husbands, as it is becoming in [the] Lord.
  19. YOU husbands, keep on loving [your] wives49 and do not be bitterly angry with them.50
  20. YOU children, be obedient51 to [your] parents in everything, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord.
  21. YOU fathers, do not be exasperating your children,52 so that they do not become downhearted.
  22. YOU slaves, be obedient in everything to those who are [your] masters in a fleshly sense,53 not with acts of eye-service, as men pleasers,54 but with sincerity of heart, with fear of Jehovah.[o]55
  23. Whatever YOU are doing, work at it whole-souled56 as to Jehovah,[p]57 and not to men,
  24. for YOU know that it is from Jehovah[q]58 YOU will receive the due reward of the inheritance.59 SLAVE for the Master, Christ.60
  25. Certainly the one that is doing wrong will receive back61 what he wrongly did, and there is no partiality.62

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Fornication.” Gr., por·neiʹan; Lat., for·ni·ca·ti·oʹnem; J17,22(Heb.), haz·zenuthʹ, “the fornication.” See App 5A.
  2. ^ Or, “filthiness; depravity; lewdness.” Gr., a·ka·thar·siʹan; J17,22(Heb.), wehat·tum·ʼahʹ, “and the uncleanness.” See 2Co 12:21 ftn, “Uncleanness.”
  3. ^ Lit., “passion.” Gr., paʹthos.
  4. ^ Or, “blasphemy.”
  5. ^ Lit., “the old man.”
  6. ^ Or, “in.”
  7. ^ Or, “humility.”
  8. ^ “Jehovah,” J23; P46ABD*(Gr.), ho Kyʹri·os; אcCDcSyh,p, “the Christ”; א*, “God.” See App 1D.
  9. ^ Lit., “joint bond of the perfection.”
  10. ^ “Of the Christ,” א*ABC*D*; אcCcDc, “of God”; J7,8, “of Jehovah.”
  11. ^ “One,” אADVgSyp; P46B, “the.”
  12. ^ “The Christ,” P46אcBCcDVg; א*, “the Lord”; AC*, “God.”
  13. ^ Lit., “hymns.” Gr., hyʹmnois; Lat., hyʹmnis.
  14. ^ “To Jehovah,” J7,8,13,14,16,17; CcDc(Gr.), toi Ky·riʹoi; P46אABC*D*VgSyh,p, “to God.” See App 1D.
  15. ^ “Of Jehovah,” J18,22; א*ABCD*(Gr.), ton Kyʹri·on; P46אcDc, “of God.” See App 1D.
  16. ^ See App 1D.
  17. ^ See App 1D.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Eph 2:6
  2. ^ Mt 6:33
  3. ^ Ps 110:1; 1Pe 3:22
  4. ^ Pp 3:20; 4:8; 1Pe 1:13
  5. ^ Jn 3:31; 1Jo 2:15
  6. ^ Ro 6:2
  7. ^ Ga 2:20
  8. ^ Jn 17:21
  9. ^ Jn 11:25
  10. ^ 2Ti 4:8
  11. ^ 1Co 15:43
  12. ^ Ga 5:24
  13. ^ Mr 9:43
  14. ^ 1Co 6:18; Eph 5:3; 2Ti 2:22
  15. ^ Ex 20:17
  16. ^ Ro 1:18; Eph 5:6
  17. ^ 1Co 6:11; Eph 2:3; Ti 3:3
  18. ^ 1Pe 2:1
  19. ^ Eph 4:31
  20. ^ Eph 5:4
  21. ^ Ps 5:6; 34:13; Eph 4:25; Re 21:8
  22. ^ Eph 4:22
  23. ^ Ro 12:2; Eph 4:24
  24. ^ Ge 1:27; 1Pe 1:16
  25. ^ Ga 3:28
  26. ^ Eph 1:23
  27. ^ 1Pe 2:9
  28. ^ Pp 2:1
  29. ^ Ro 12:16
  30. ^ Ti 3:2; 1Pe 3:4
  31. ^ 2Co 6:6; Eph 4:2; 1Th 5:14
  32. ^ Pr 19:11; Eph 4:32; 1Pe 4:8
  33. ^ Mt 18:15
  34. ^ Je 31:34; Mt 6:14; Mr 11:25
  35. ^ Ro 13:10; 1Jo 3:23
  36. ^ 1Co 13:8; Eph 4:3
  37. ^ Jn 14:27
  38. ^ Pp 4:7
  39. ^ Eph 2:15
  40. ^ 1Co 2:7; Col 2:3
  41. ^ Col 1:28; Ti 2:1
  42. ^ De 31:19; 1Co 14:26
  43. ^ Eph 5:19
  44. ^ 1Ch 16:23; Ps 30:4; 147:7
  45. ^ 1Co 10:31
  46. ^ Eph 5:20
  47. ^ 1Th 5:18
  48. ^ Eph 5:22; 1Pe 3:1
  49. ^ Eph 5:25; 1Pe 3:7
  50. ^ Eph 4:31
  51. ^ Pr 6:20; Lu 2:51; Eph 6:1
  52. ^ Eph 6:4
  53. ^ Eph 6:5; Ti 2:9; 1Pe 2:18
  54. ^ Eph 6:6
  55. ^ Pr 8:13; 22:4
  56. ^ Lu 10:27
  57. ^ Ps 9:1; Mt 22:37; Ro 12:11
  58. ^ Eph 6:8
  59. ^ Eph 1:14; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 1:4
  60. ^ 1Co 7:22; Ga 1:10
  61. ^ Ro 2:6; 1Co 3:8; Ga 6:7
  62. ^ De 10:17; Ro 2:11; 1Pe 1:17

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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