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Colossians 3:1-17 CEV You have been raised to life with Christ. Now set your heart on what is in heaven, where Christ rules at God's right side. (2) Think about what is up there, not about what is here on earth. (3) You died, which means that your life is hidden with Christ, who sits beside God. (4) Christ gives meaning to your life, and when he appears, you will also appear with him in glory. (5) Don't be controlled by your body. Kill every desire for the wrong kind of sex. Don't be immoral or indecent or have evil thoughts. Don't be greedy, which is the same as worshiping idols. (6) God is angry with people who disobey him by doing these things. (7) And that is exactly what you did, when you lived among people who behaved in this way. (8) But now you must stop doing such things. You must quit being angry, hateful, and evil. You must no longer say insulting or cruel things about others. (9) And stop lying to each other. You have given up your old way of life with its habits. (10) Each of you is now a new person. You are becoming more and more like your Creator, and you will understand him better. (11) It doesn't matter if you are a Greek or a Jew, or if you are circumcised or not. You may even be a barbarian or a Scythian, and you may be a slave or a free person. Yet Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. (12) God loves you and has chosen you as his own special people. (John 6:44a) So be gentle, kind, humble, meek, and patient. (13) Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you. (14) Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together. (15) Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace. So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts. And be grateful. (16) Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct each other. With thankful hearts, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. (17) 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.
Colossians 3:1-17 GW Since you were brought back to life with Christ, focus on the things that are above-where Christ holds the highest position. (2) Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things. (3) You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (4) Christ is your life. When he appears, then you, too, will appear with him in glory. (5) Therefore, put to death whatever is worldly in you: your sexual sin, perversion, passion, lust, and greed (which is the same thing as worshiping wealth). (6) It is because of these sins that God's anger comes on those who refuse to obey him. (7) You used to live that kind of sinful life. (8) Also get rid of your anger, hot tempers, hatred, cursing, obscene language, and all similar sins. (9) Don't lie to each other. You've gotten rid of the person you used to be and the life you used to live, (10) and you've become a new person. This new person is continually renewed in knowledge to be like its Creator. (11) Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything. (12) As holy people whom God has chosen and loved, (John 6:44a) be sympathetic, kind, humble, gentle, and patient. (13) Put up with each other, and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (14) Above all, be loving.This ties everything together perfectly. (15) Also, let Christ's peace control you. God has called you into this peace by bringing you into one body. Be thankful. (16) Let Christ's word with all its wisdom and richness live in you. Use psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to teach and instruct yourselves about God's kindness. Sing to God in your hearts. (17) Everything you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:1-17 GNB You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God. (2) Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth. (3) For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (4) Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory! (5) You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry). (6) Because of such things God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him. (7) At one time you yourselves used to live according to such desires, when your life was dominated by them. (8) But now you must get rid of all these things: anger, passion, and hateful feelings. No insults or obscene talk must ever come from your lips. (9) Do not lie to one another, for you have put off the old self with its habits (10) and have put on the new self. This is the new being which God, its Creator, is constantly renewing in his own image, in order to bring you to a full knowledge of himself. (11) As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all. (12) You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. (John 6:44a) So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. (13) Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you. (14) And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity. (15) The peace that Christ gives is to guide you in the decisions you make; for it is to this peace that God has called you together in the one body. And be thankful. (16) Christ's message in all its richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts. (17) 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.
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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