| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are 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 that are above, not on things that are on earth. | 2Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. |
| 3For you have 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. |
| 5Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, 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. |
| 6On account of these the wrath of God is coming. | 6Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming. |
| 7In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. | 7You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world. |
| 8But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk 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, seeing that 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, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. | 10Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. |
| 11Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, 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. |
| 12Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, 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, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. | 13Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. |
| 14And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. | 14Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. |
| 15And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. 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 in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. | 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 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 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 do not be harsh with 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 provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. | 21Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged. |
| 22Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, 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, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, | 23Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. |
| 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving 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 the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. | 25But if you do what is wrong, you will be paid back for the wrong you have done. For God has no favorites. |
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