Colossians 3:1–5
Seek the things above and put to death what is earthly
Study it word by word1So if you were raised with the Messiah, seek the things above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.
2Think about the things above, not the things on the earth.
3For you died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.
4When the Messiah, your life, is made manifest, then you also will be made manifest with him in glory.
5So put to death the members that are on the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry;
In its context
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6because of which things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
7in which you also once walked when you were living in them.
Its words in the original
- συνηγέρθητεsynēgerthēte· raise together
Raise up together with another.
- ΧριστῷChristōi· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- ἄνωanō· above, up
Above, up.
- ζητεῖτεzēteite· seek
Look for, seek; try to.
- οὗhou· where
"Where", "to where".
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- δεξιᾷdexiai· right
Right (hand, side).
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- καθήμενοςkathēmenos· sit
Be sitting; dwell.
- φρονεῖτεphroneite· think, set one's mind
Think, have in mind, set one's interest on something.
- γῆςgēs· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.
- ἀπεθάνετεapethanete· die
Die.
- ζωὴzōē· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- κέκρυπταιkekryptai· hide
Hide, conceal.
- σὺνsyn· with
With, together with.
- ὅτανhotan· when, whenever
When, whenever.
- φανερωθῇphanerōthēi· reveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
- τότεtote· then
Then, at that time.
- δόξῃdoxēi· glory
Glory: splendor, honor, the weight of God's presence.
- ΝεκρώσατεNekrōsate· put to death
Put to death; in the passive, be as good as dead, have no strength to give life.
- μέληmelē· member, part
Member, limb, a part of the body; figuratively, each person as a part of a whole.
- πορνείανporneian· sexual immorality
Sexual immorality: any sexual relationship outside marriage.
- ἀκαθαρσίανakatharsian· impurity
Impurity, uncleanness, above all moral and sexual impurity.
- πάθοςpathos· passion
Passion: what one suffers or feels strongly, especially strong desire.
- ἐπιθυμίανepithymian· desire
Desire; also evil desire, craving.
- κακήνkakēn· bad, evil
Bad, evil.
- πλεονεξίανpleonexian· greed
Greed, the craving to have more.
- εἰδωλολατρίαeidōlolatria· idolatry
Idolatry: the worship of idols.