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Colossians 3:7-9
New English Translation
Colossians 3:7-9
New English Translation
7 You also lived your lives[a] in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. 8 But now, put off all such things[b] as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices
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- Colossians 3:7 tn Grk “you also walked.” The verb περιπατέω (peripateō) is commonly used in the NT to refer to behavior or conduct of one’s life (L&N 41.11).
- Colossians 3:8 tn The Greek article with τὰ πάντα (ta panta) is anaphoric, referring to the previous list of vices, and has been translated here as “all such things.”
Colossians 3:7-9
New International Version
Colossians 3:7-9
New International Version
7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.(A) 8 But now you must also rid yourselves(B) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(C) and filthy language from your lips.(D) 9 Do not lie to each other,(E) since you have taken off your old self(F) with its practices
Colossians 3:7-9
English Standard Version
Colossians 3:7-9
English Standard Version
7 (A)In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now (B)you must put them all away: (C)anger, wrath, malice, (D)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 (E)Do not lie to one another, seeing that (F)you have put off (G)the old self[a] with its practices
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- Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10
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