Focused Passage

Colossians 3:5-11

Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New

Paul moves from the believer's risen identity with Christ, to killing the old earthly life, to putting on the new humanity, to corporate peace, word-shaped worship, thankful living, household order, and work done under the lordship of Christ.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

7When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways.

8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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References and Original Words

Verse 5

Original words

Put to deathΝεκρώσατεG3499Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralthereforeοὖνG3767ConjunctiontheτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralcomponentsμέληG3196Noun - Accusative Neuter Pluralof yourτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralvvvἐπὶG1909PrepositionvvvτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularearthly natureγῆςG1093Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularsexual immoralityπορνείανG4202Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularimpurityἀκαθαρσίανG167Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularlustπάθοςG3806Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularevilκακήνG2556Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingulardesiresἐπιθυμίανG1939Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulargreedπλεονεξίανG4124Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularwhichἥτιςG3748Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine SingularisἐστὶνG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularidolatryεἰδωλολατρίαG1495Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 6

Original words

Because ofδι’G1223PrepositiontheseG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluraltheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularwrathὀργὴG3709Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularis comingἔρχεταιG2064Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularonἐπὶG1909PrepositiontheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralsonsυἱοὺςG5207Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralofτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulardisobedienceἀπειθείαςG543Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • NE, WH, and Tischendorf do not include on the sons of disobedience.
Verse 7

Original words

WhenὅτεG3753Adverbyou livedἐζῆτεG2198Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralamongἐνG1722PrepositionthemτούτοιςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter PluralyouὑμεῖςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person PluralalsoκαὶG2532Conjunctionused toποτεG4218ParticlewalkπεριεπατήσατέG4043Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralinἐνG1722Prepositionthese waysοἷςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural
Verse 8

Original words

ButδὲG1161ConjunctionnowνυνὶG3570AdverbyouὑμεῖςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural-καὶG2532Conjunctionmust put asideἀπόθεσθεG659Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural-τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Pluralall such things as theseπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralangerὀργήνG3709Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularrageθυμόνG2372Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularmaliceκακίανG2549Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularslanderβλασφημίανG988Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[and] filthy languageαἰσχρολογίανG148Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularfromἐκG1537PrepositionyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularlipsστόματοςG4750Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Verse 9

Original words

{Do} notΜὴG3361AdverblieψεύδεσθεG5574Verb - Present Imperative Middle - 2nd Person PluraltoεἰςG1519Prepositionone anotherἀλλήλουςG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Pluralsince you have taken offἀπεκδυσάμενοιG554Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularoldπαλαιὸνG3820Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularselfἄνθρωπονG444Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularwithσὺνG4862Preposition[its]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluralpracticesπράξεσινG4234Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Verse 10

Original words

andκαὶG2532Conjunctionhave put onἐνδυσάμενοιG1746Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singularnew [self]νέονG3501Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singularwhich isτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Singularbeing renewedἀνακαινούμενονG341Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine SingularinεἰςG1519PrepositionknowledgeἐπίγνωσινG1922Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularinκατ’G2596Preposition[the] imageεἰκόναG1504Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularofτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singular[its]αὐτόνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularCreatorκτίσαντοςG2936Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 11

Original words

HereὅπουG3699Adverbthere isἔνιG1762Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularnoοὐκG3756AdverbGreekἝλληνG1672Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[or]καὶG2532ConjunctionJewἸουδαῖοςG2453Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularcircumcisedπεριτομὴG4061Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular[or]καὶG2532ConjunctionuncircumcisedἀκροβυστίαG203Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularbarbarianβάρβαροςG915Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularScythianΣκύθηςG4658Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularslaveδοῦλοςG1401Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[or] freeἐλεύθεροςG1658Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctionChrist [is]ΧριστόςG5547Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralallπάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction[is] inἐνG1722PrepositionallπᾶσινG3956Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural

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