Colossians 3:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

New Living Translation
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

English Standard Version
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Berean Study Bible
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.

New American Standard Bible
Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

NASB 1995
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

NASB 1977
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

Amplified Bible
Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Christian Standard Bible
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And 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.

Contemporary English Version
Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of him.

Good News Translation
Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks through him to God the Father.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Everything you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

International Standard Version
And whatever you do, whether by speech or action, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

NET Bible
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.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

King James 2000 Bible
And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.

New Heart English Bible
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.

World English Bible
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.

American King James Version
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

American Standard Version
And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

A Faithful Version
And in everything--whatever you do in word or in deed--do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.

Darby Bible Translation
And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, [do] all things in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.

English Revised Version
And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And whatever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And whatsoeuer ye shall doe, in worde or deede, doe all in the Name of the Lorde Iesus, giuing thankes to God euen the Father by him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And whatsoeuer ye do in worde or deede, do all in the name of the Lorde Iesus, geuyng thankes to God and the father by hym.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And what soeuer ye do in worde or worke, do all in the name of the LORDE Iesu, and geue thankes vnto God the father by him.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And all thynges (whatsoever ye do in worde or dede) do in the name of the lorde Iesu gevinge thakes to god the father by him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and all, whatever you may do in word or in work, [do] all things in the Name of the Lord Jesus—giving thanks to the God and Father, through Him.

Berean Literal Bible
And all, whatever you might do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Young's Literal Translation
and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Smith's Literal Translation
And all whatever you do in word and in work, all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And all which you might do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And everything that you perform in word and in works, do in the name of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah and give thanks by him to God The Father.

Lamsa Bible
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Godbey New Testament
and every thing whatsoever you may do, in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Haweis New Testament
And everything that ye do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Mace New Testament
let your discourse and your actions be all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.

Weymouth New Testament
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.

Worrell New Testament
And whatsoever ye do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Worsley New Testament
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to our God and Father by Him.
















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