Colossians 3:1-7

Put On the New Self

1 b If then you have been raised with Christ, seek c the things that are above, where Christ is, d seated at the right hand of God. 2 e Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For f you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ g who is your 1 life h appears, then you also will appear with him i in glory.

5 j Put to death therefore k what is earthly in you: 2 l sexual immorality, impurity, m passion, evil desire, and covetousness, n which is idolatry. 6 o On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 3 7 p In these you too once walked, when you were living in them.

  1. Cross References
    Colossians 2:12
    Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
  2. Cross References
    Philippians 3:14
    I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
  3. Cross References
    Ephesians 1:20
    That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 16:23
    But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.
  5. Cross References
    Colossians 2:20
    If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations -
    Romans 6:2
    By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
  6. Cross References
    John 11:25
    Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
  7. Cross References
    Philippians 3:21
    Who will transform our lowly body to be like hi...
    1 Peter 1:1
    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who...
    1 Peter 1:7
    So that the tested genuineness of your faith - ...
    1 Peter 1:13
    Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and...
    1 John 2:28
    And now, little children, abide in him, so that...
    1 John 3:2
    Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we...
  8. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:43
    It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
  9. Cross References
    Romans 8:13
    For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
    Galatians 5:24
    And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  10. Cross References
    Romans 6:13
    Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
  11. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:3
    But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
    Ephesians 5:5
    For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ( that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
  12. Cross References
    Romans 1:26
    For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.
  13. Cross References
    Job 31:25 - 26
    If I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much.
  14. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:6
    Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
  15. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:2
    In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience -
    Ephesians 2:11
    Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands -
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