¹³ And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave us all our trespasses.

The Life of the New Man

3 So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.^{(A) 2} Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.^{(B) 3} For you have died,^(C) and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. ⁴ When the Messiah, who is your^[a] life, is revealed,^(D) then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.^(E)

⁵ Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature:^[b] sexual immorality, impurity,^(F) lust,^(G) evil desire, and greed,^(H) which is idolatry.^{(I) 6} Because of these, God’s wrath^(J) comes on the disobedient,^{[c] 7} and you once walked in these things when you were living^(K) in them. ⁸ But now you must also put away^(L) all the following: anger,^(M) wrath,^(N) malice,^(O) slander,^(P) and filthy language from your mouth.^{(Q) 9} Do not lie^(R) to one another, since you have put off^(S) the old self^[d](T) with its practices ¹⁰ and have put on^(U) the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your^[e] Creator.^{(V) 11} In Christ^[f] there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,^[g] slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.^(W)

The Christian Life

¹² Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved,^(X) put on heartfelt compassion, kindness,^(Y) humility,^(Z) gentleness,^(AA) and patience,^{(AB) 13} accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.^{(AC) 14} Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. ¹⁵ And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called^(AD) in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful. ¹⁶ Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God. ¹⁷ And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name^(AE) of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

From Death to Life

2 And you were dead^(A) in your trespasses and sins ² in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world,^(B) according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens,^[a](C) the spirit^(D) now working in the disobedient.^{[b] 3} We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly^(E) desires, carrying out the inclinations^(F) of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath^(G) as the others were also. ⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy,^(H) because of His great love^(I) that He had for us,^{[c] 5} made us alive^(J) with the Messiah even though we were dead^(K) in trespasses. You are saved by grace! ⁶ Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens,^{(L) 7} so that in the coming ages^(M) He might display the immeasurable riches^(N) of His grace through His kindness^(O) to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For you are saved by grace^(P) through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— ⁹ not from works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are His creation, created^(Q) in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time^(R) so that we should walk in them.