Colossians 2:10-3:16

English Standard Version

¹⁰ and ^(A)you have been filled in him, who is ^(B)the head of all rule and authority. ¹¹ In him also ^(C)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by ^(D)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, ^12 (E)having been buried with him in baptism, in which ^(F)you were also raised with him through faith in ^(G)the powerful working of God, ^(H)who raised him from the dead. ^13 (I)And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God ^(J)made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, ¹⁴ by ^(K)canceling ^(L)the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. ^15 (M)He disarmed the rulers and authorities^[a] and ^(N)put them to open shame, by ^(O)triumphing over them in him.^[b]

Let No One Disqualify You

¹⁶ Therefore let no one ^(P)pass judgment on you ^(Q)in questions of food and drink, or with regard to ^(R)a festival or ^(S)a new moon or a Sabbath. ^17 (T)These are a shadow of the things to come, but ^(U)the substance belongs to Christ. ¹⁸ Let no one ^(V)disqualify you, ^(W)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, ^(X)going on in detail about visions,^{[c] (Y)}puffed up without reason by ^(Z)his sensuous mind, ¹⁹ and ^(AA)not ^(AB)holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

²⁰ If with Christ ^(AC)you died to the ^(AD)elemental spirits of the world, ^(AE)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— ^21 (AF)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” ²² (^(AG)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^(AH)human precepts and teachings? ²³ These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in ^(AI)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are ^(AJ)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

Put On the New Self

3 ^(AK)If then you have been raised with Christ, seek ^(AL)the things that are above, where Christ is, ^(AM)seated at the right hand of God. ^2 (AN)Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. ³ For ^(AO)you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ ^(AP)who is your^[d] life ^(AQ)appears, then you also will appear with him ^(AR)in glory.

^5 (AS)Put to death therefore ^(AT)what is earthly in you:^{[e] (AU)}sexual immorality, impurity, ^(AV)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, ^(AW)which is idolatry. ^6 (AX)On account of these the wrath of God is coming.^{[f] 7 (AY)}In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. ⁸ But now ^(AZ)you must put them all away: ^(BA)anger, wrath, malice, ^(BB)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. ^9 (BC)Do not lie to one another, seeing that ^(BD)you have put off ^(BE)the old self^[g] with its practices ¹⁰ and ^(BF)have put on ^(BG)the new self, ^(BH)which is being renewed in knowledge ^(BI)after the image of ^(BJ)its creator. ^11 (BK)Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,^[h] free; but Christ is ^(BL)all, and in all.

^12 (BM)Put on then, as ^(BN)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^(BO)compassionate hearts, ^(BP)kindness, ^(BQ)humility, meekness, and patience, ^13 (BR)bearing with one another and, ^(BS)if one has a complaint against another, ^(BT)forgiving each other; ^(BU)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ¹⁴ And above all these put on ^(BV)love, which ^(BW)binds everything together in ^(BX)perfect harmony. ¹⁵ And let ^(BY)the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called ^(BZ)in one body. And ^(CA)be thankful. ¹⁶ Let ^(CB)the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, ^(CC)singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ^(CD)with thankfulness in your hearts to God.