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World English Bible

Colossians 3 (WEBP)

[1] If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
[2] Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
[3] For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
[4] When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
[5] Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
[6] For these things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
[7] You also once walked in those, when you lived in them,
[8] but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
[9] Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
[10] and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
[11] where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.
[12] Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
[13] bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
[14] Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
[15] And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
[16] 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 heart to the Lord.
[17] 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.
[18] Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
[19] Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
[20] Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
[21] Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
[22] 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 God.
[23] And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
[24] knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
[25] But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Colossians 3 (KJVS)

[1] If ye then be risen () with Christ, seek () those things which are above, where Christ sitteth () () on the right hand of God.
[2] Set your affection () on things above, not on things on the earth.
[3] For ye are dead, () and your life is hid () with Christ in God.
[4] When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, () then shall ye also appear () with him in glory.
[5] Mortify () therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is () idolatry:
[6] for which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh () on the children of disobedience:
[7] in the which ye also walked () some time, when ye lived () in them.
[8] But now ye also put off () all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
[9] Lie () not one to another, seeing that ye have put off () the old man with his deeds;
[10] and have put on () the new man, which is renewed () in knowledge after the image of him that created () him:
[11] where there is () neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
[12] Put on () therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, () bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
[13] forbearing () one another, and forgiving () one another, if any man have () a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave () you, so also do ye.
[14] And above all these things put on charity, which is () the bond of perfectness.
[15] And let the peace of God rule () in your hearts, to the which also ye are called () in one body; and be ye () thankful.
[16] Let the word of Christ dwell () in you richly in all wisdom; teaching () and admonishing () one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing () with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
[17] And whatsoever ye do () in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks () to God and the Father by him.
[18] Wives, submit yourselves () unto your own husbands, as it is fit () in the Lord.
[19] Husbands, love () your wives, and be not bitter () against them.
[20] Children, obey () your parents in all things: for this is () well pleasing unto the Lord.
[21] Fathers, provoke () not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. ()
[22] Servants, obey () in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing () God:
[23] and whatsoever ye do, () do () it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
[24] knowing () that of the Lord ye shall receive () the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve () the Lord Christ.
[25] But he that doeth wrong () shall receive () for the wrong which he hath done: () and there is () no respect of persons.

Colossians 3:2 Or, mind
Colossians 3:13 Or, complaint

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Colossians 3 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰ () οὖν () συνηγέρθητε () τῷ () χριστῷ, () τὰ () ἄνω () ζητεῖτε, () οὗ () ὁ () χριστός () ἐστιν () ἐν () δεξιᾷ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () καθήμενος. ()
[2] Τὰ () ἄνω () φρονεῖτε, () μὴ () τὰ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[3] Ἀπεθάνετε () γάρ, () καὶ () ἡ () ζωὴ () ὑμῶν () κέκρυπται () σὺν () τῷ () χριστῷ () ἐν () τῷ () θεῷ. ()
[4] Ὅταν () ὁ () χριστὸς () φανερωθῇ, () ἡ () ζωὴ () ἡμῶν, () τότε () καὶ () ὑμεῖς () σὺν () αὐτῷ () φανερωθήσεσθε () ἐν () δόξῃ. ()
[5] Νεκρώσατε () οὖν () τὰ () μέλη () ὑμῶν () τὰ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () πορνείαν, () ἀκαθαρσίαν, () πάθος, () ἐπιθυμίαν () κακήν, () καὶ () τὴν () πλεονεξίαν, () ἥτις () ἐστὶν () εἰδωλολατρεία, ()
[6] δι’ () ἃ () ἔρχεται () ἡ () ὀργὴ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () τῆς () ἀπειθείας· ()
[7] ἐν () οἷς () καὶ () ὑμεῖς () περιεπατήσατέ () ποτε, () ὅτε () ἐζῆτε () ἐν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[8] Νυνὶ () δὲ () ἀπόθεσθε () καὶ () ὑμεῖς () τὰ () πάντα, () ὀργήν, () θυμόν, () κακίαν, () βλασφημίαν, () αἰσχρολογίαν () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματος () ὑμῶν· ()
[9] μὴ () ψεύδεσθε () εἰς () ἀλλήλους, () ἀπεκδυσάμενοι () τὸν () παλαιὸν () ἄνθρωπον () σὺν () ταῖς () πράξεσιν () αὐτοῦ, ()
[10] καὶ () ἐνδυσάμενοι () τὸν () νέον, () τὸν () ἀνακαινούμενον () εἰς () ἐπίγνωσιν () κατ’ () εἰκόνα () τοῦ () κτίσαντος () αὐτόν· ()
[11] ὅπου () οὐκ () ἔνι () Ἕλλην () καὶ () Ἰουδαῖος, () περιτομὴ () καὶ () ἀκροβυστία, () βάρβαρος, () Σκύθης, () δοῦλος, () ἐλεύθερος· () ἀλλὰ () τὰ () πάντα () καὶ () ἐν () πᾶσιν () χριστός. ()
[12] Ἐνδύσασθε () οὖν, () ὡς () ἐκλεκτοὶ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () ἅγιοι () καὶ () ἠγαπημένοι, () σπλάγχνα () οἰκτιρμοῦ, () χρηστότητα, () ταπεινοφροσύνην, () πρᾳότητα, () μακροθυμίαν· ()
[13] ἀνεχόμενοι () ἀλλήλων, () καὶ () χαριζόμενοι () ἑαυτοῖς, () ἐάν () τις () πρός () τινα () ἔχῃ () μομφήν· () καθὼς () καὶ () ὁ () χριστὸς () ἐχαρίσατο () ὑμῖν, () οὕτως () καὶ () ὑμεῖς· ()
[14] ἐπὶ () πᾶσιν () δὲ () τούτοις () τὴν () ἀγάπην, () ἥτις () ἐστὶν () σύνδεσμος () τῆς () τελειότητος. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἡ () εἰρήνη () τοῦ () θεοῦ () βραβευέτω () ἐν () ταῖς () καρδίαις () ὑμῶν, () εἰς () ἣν () καὶ () ἐκλήθητε () ἐν () ἑνὶ () σώματι· () καὶ () εὐχάριστοι () γίνεσθε. ()
[16] Ὁ () λόγος () τοῦ () χριστοῦ () ἐνοικείτω () ἐν () ὑμῖν () πλουσίως () ἐν () πάσῃ () σοφίᾳ· () διδάσκοντες () καὶ () νουθετοῦντες () ἑαυτούς, () ψαλμοῖς, () καὶ () ὕμνοις, () καὶ () ᾠδαῖς () πνευματικαῖς, () ἐν () χάριτι () ᾄδοντες () ἐν () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () ὑμῶν () τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()
[17] Καὶ () πᾶν () ὅ () τι () ἂν () ποιῆτε, () ἐν () λόγῳ () ἢ () ἐν () ἔργῳ, () πάντα () ἐν () ὀνόματι () κυρίου () Ἰησοῦ, () εὐχαριστοῦντες () τῷ () θεῷ () καὶ () πατρὶ () δι’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[18] Αἱ () γυναῖκες, () ὑποτάσσεσθε () τοῖς () ἰδίοις () ἀνδράσιν, () ὡς () ἀνῆκεν () ἐν () κυρίῳ. ()
[19] Οἱ () ἄνδρες, () ἀγαπᾶτε () τὰς () γυναῖκας, () καὶ () μὴ () πικραίνεσθε () πρὸς () αὐτάς. ()
[20] Τὰ () τέκνα, () ὑπακούετε () τοῖς () γονεῦσιν () κατὰ () πάντα· () τοῦτο () γάρ () ἐστιν () εὐάρεστον () ἐν () κυρίῳ. ()
[21] Οἱ () πατέρες, () μὴ () ἐρεθίζετε () τὰ () τέκνα () ὑμῶν, () ἵνα () μὴ () ἀθυμῶσιν. ()
[22] Οἱ () δοῦλοι, () ὑπακούετε () κατὰ () πάντα () τοῖς () κατὰ () σάρκα () κυρίοις, () μὴ () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοδουλείαις () ὡς () ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι, () ἀλλ’ () ἐν () ἁπλότητι () καρδίας, () φοβούμενοι () τὸν () θεόν· ()
[23] καὶ () πᾶν () ὅ () τι () ἐὰν () ποιῆτε, () ἐκ () ψυχῆς () ἐργάζεσθε, () ὡς () τῷ () κυρίῳ () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀνθρώποις· ()
[24] εἰδότες () ὅτι () ἀπὸ () κυρίου () λήψεσθε () τὴν () ἀνταπόδοσιν () τῆς () κληρονομίας· () τῷ () γὰρ () κυρίῳ () χριστῷ () δουλεύετε. () ()
[25] Ὁ () δὲ () ἀδικῶν () κομιεῖται () ὃ () ἠδίκησεν· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () προσωποληψία. ()

Colossians 3:4 ἡμῶν ¦ NA SBL TH ὑμῶν
Colossians 3:5a ὑμῶν ¦ CT om.
Colossians 3:5b εἰδωλολατρεία ¦ NA PCK PT SBL WH εἰδωλολατρία
Colossians 3:6 ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας ¦ [NA] ¦ WH om.
Colossians 3:7 αὐτοῖς ¦ CT τούτοις
Colossians 3:11 τὰ ¦ [NA] ¦ TH WH om.
Colossians 3:12a οἰκτιρμοῦ ¦ TH οἰκτειρμοῦ ¦ RPmg TR οἰκτιρμῶν
Colossians 3:12b πρᾳότητα ¦ CT πρα̈ύτητα
Colossians 3:13 χριστὸς ¦ CT κύριος
Colossians 3:14 ἥτις ¦ CT ὃ
Colossians 3:15a θεοῦ ¦ CT χριστοῦ
Colossians 3:15b ἑνὶ ¦ [WH]
Colossians 3:15c γίνεσθε ¦ TH γείνεσθε
Colossians 3:16a καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ¦ CT ὕμνοις
Colossians 3:16b χάριτι ¦ NA [τῇ] χάριτι
Colossians 3:16c τῇ καρδίᾳ ¦ CT ταῖς καρδίαις
Colossians 3:16d κυρίῳ ¦ CT θεῷ
Colossians 3:17a ὅ τι ἂν ¦ NA SBL TH ὅ τι ἐὰν ¦ WH ὅτι ἐὰν
Colossians 3:17b καὶ ¦ CT om.
Colossians 3:18 ἰδίοις ¦ CT PT om.
Colossians 3:20a ἐστιν εὐάρεστον ¦ CT εὐάρεστόν ἐστιν
Colossians 3:20b ἐν ¦ PT TR τῷ
Colossians 3:22a ὀφθαλμοδουλείαις ¦ PCK PT SBL WH ὀφθαλμοδουλίαις ¦ NA ὀφθαλμοδουλίᾳ
Colossians 3:22b θεόν ¦ CT κύριον
Colossians 3:23 καὶ πᾶν ὅ τι ¦ CT ὃ
Colossians 3:24a λήψεσθε ¦ PT TR ἀπολήψεσθε ¦ CT ἀπολήμψεσθε
Colossians 3:24b γὰρ ¦ CT om.
Colossians 3:25a δὲ ¦ CT γὰρ
Colossians 3:25b κομιεῖται ¦ NA SBL WH κομίσεται
Colossians 3:25c προσωποληψία ¦ CT προσωπολημψία

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.