Major themes in Paul's letter to the church at Colossae
1. The Supremacy and Deity of Christ
2. Reconciliation and Redemption
3. Warning Against False Teachings
4. New Life in Christ
5. Unity and the Church Body
6. Practical Instruction in Relationships
7. Prayer and Thanksgiving
8. Christ-Centered Living and Hope
The Life of the New Man
3:1 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your[Other mss read our] life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
3:1 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your[Other mss read our] life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5 Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these, God’s wrath is coming upon the disobedient,[Other mss omit upon the disobedient] 7 and you once walked in these things when you were living in them. 8 But now, put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your[Lit his] Creator. 11 In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.
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