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</li> <li class="tabItem marginal" data-related-content="studyMarginals" aria-label="marginal"> <span class="icon"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="navigationContents"> <div id="studyDiscover" class="studyPane active tabContent"> <div class="section"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui"><strong>Overview of Colossians</strong></span></h3><div class="summaryOverview"><ul class="content"><li class='scalableui'><div class="overview chapterOnly"> <ul class="outline"><li class="L1 collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><p class="se title"><span class="itemLabel"><strong>E.</strong> </span><strong>PUT ON THE NEW PERSONALITY, AND SUBMIT TO CHRIST’S AUTHORITY (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3#h=15:0-23:0"><strong>3:1–4:6</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><span class="icon"></span></div><ul><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“Keep your minds fixed on the things above” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3#h=15:0-16:0">3:1-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Deaden unclean desires of the flesh; put away wrong attitudes and speech (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3#h=16:0-17:0">3:5-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“Clothe yourselves with love, . . . a perfect bond of union” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3#h=17:0-18:0">3:12-14</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“Let the peace of the Christ rule in your hearts” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3#h=18:0-19:0">3:15-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Advice to Christian households (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3#h=19:0-21:0">3:18–4:1</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">“Persevere in prayer” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/4#h=21:0-22:0">4:2-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Walk in wisdom toward those outside the congregation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/4#h=22:0-23:0">4:5, 6</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-1" data-section-citation="051003001051003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/82" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-83"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 2:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/83" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-84"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 110:1; 1Pe 3:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-2" data-section-citation="051003002051003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>on the things above:</strong> Paul urges anointed Christians in Colossae to focus their minds on their hope. In his letter to the Philippians, he also points to “the prize of the upward call,” the prospect of reigning in heaven with Christ. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Php 3:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/1/1" data-bid="2-2" class="b"> Col 1:4, 5</a>) Paul phrases the command, <strong>keep your minds fixed,</strong> in the present tense, suggesting ongoing or continuous action. If they kept this focus, they would avoid letting <strong>the things on the earth,</strong> such as worldly philosophies or empty traditions, distract and weaken them, costing them their precious hope.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">Col 2:8</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/84" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-85"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 3:20; 4:8; 1Pe 1:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/85" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-86"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 2:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p117" data-pid="117" class="se"></p> <div id="p118" data-pid="118"><p data-pid="118" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/123/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="118" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/123/0">11/2017, pp. 25-26</a></p> </div><div id="p119" data-pid="119"><p data-pid="119" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/124/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="119" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/124/0">10/15/2014, pp. 28-29</a></p> </div><p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/32/0">w17.11 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/32/2"> w14 10/15 28-29;</a></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/46/0">w73 145;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/46/2"> w64 517;</a><span class="ni"> g59 9/8 8</span></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-3" data-section-citation="051003003051003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:3</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/47/0">w72 519-520;</a><span class="ni"> w41 141;</span><span class="ni"> s 274;</span><span class="ni"> w36 190;</span><span class="ni"> w35 238</span></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-4" data-section-citation="051003004051003004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:4</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/86" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-87"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 11:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/87" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-88"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 15:42, 43</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"><span class="ni">w36 190</span></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-5" data-section-citation="051003005051003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>Deaden:</strong> Paul uses vivid figurative language to highlight that strong measures are needed in order to eliminate wrong fleshly desires. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Ga 5:24</a>) The Greek word rendered “deaden” literally means to “put to death,” “kill,” or “do away with.”—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Mt 5:29, 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/5/1" data-bid="6-2" class="b"> 18:8, 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/5/2" data-bid="6-3" class="b"> Mr 9:43,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/5/3" data-bid="6-4" class="b"> 45,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/5/4" data-bid="6-5" class="b"> 47</a>.</p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>sexual immorality:</strong> As used in the Bible, the Greek word <em>por·neiʹa</em> is a general term for certain sexual activities forbidden by God, including adultery, sexual relations between unmarried individuals, homosexual acts, and other serious sexual sins.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/0/0">Glossary</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/1/0">study note on Ga 5:19</a>.</p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>uncleanness:</strong> Or “filthiness; depravity; lewdness.” In its figurative meaning, “uncleanness” (Greek, <em>a·ka·thar·siʹa</em>) embraces impurity of any kind—in sexual matters, in speech, in action, and in spiritual relationships. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">1Co 7:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/6/1" data-bid="7-2" class="b"> 2Co 6:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/6/2" data-bid="7-3" class="b"> 1Th 2:3</a>.) “Uncleanness” can therefore refer to various types of wrongdoing and may include various degrees of seriousness. The word stresses the morally repugnant nature of the wrong conduct or condition.—See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/2/0">Unclean</a>,” and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/3/0">study notes on Ga 5:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/4/0"> Eph 4:19</a>.</p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>uncontrolled sexual passion:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/5/0">study note on Ro 1:26</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Ge 39:7-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/7/1" data-bid="8-2" class="b"> 2Sa 13:10-14</a>.</p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>greediness, which is idolatry:</strong> The Greek word <em>ple·o·ne·xiʹa,</em> here rendered “greediness,” denotes an insatiable desire to have more. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/6/0">study note on Ro 1:29</a>.) Paul explains that greediness is actually idolatry because a greedy person makes the thing desired his god, putting it above the worship of Jehovah. The greedy person makes the satisfying of his desires his chief aim in life.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/7/0">study note on Eph 5:5</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/88" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-89"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mr 9:43; Ga 5:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/89" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-90"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 6:18; Eph 5:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="se"></p> <p id="p121" data-pid="121" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/125/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> articles 57,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/126/0"> 59</a></p> <p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/127/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 40</a></p> <div id="p123" data-pid="123"><p data-pid="123" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/128/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/128/0">11/2017, p. 26</a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/129/0">8/2017, pp. 18-19</a></p> </div><div id="p124" data-pid="124"><p data-pid="124" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/130/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="124" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/130/0">6/2016, p. 20</a></p> </div><div id="p125" data-pid="125"><p data-pid="125" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/131/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/131/0">6/15/2008, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/132/0">4/15/2008, p. 5</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/133/0">7/15/2002, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/134/0">10/15/2001, p. 26</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/135/0">6/15/2001, p. 6</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/136/0">1/15/2001, pp. 6-7</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/137/0">7/15/1997, p. 17</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/138/0">7/15/1992, p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/139/0">12/1/1990, pp. 4-5</a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/140/0">11/1/1989, p. 14</a></p> </div><div id="p126" data-pid="126"><p data-pid="126" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/141/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="126" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/141/0">7/8/2002, p. 21</a></p><p data-pid="126" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/142/0">5/22/1997, p. 8</a></p><p data-pid="126" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/143/0">9/8/1991, p. 19</a></p><p data-pid="126" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/144/0">10/8/1990, p. 24</a></p><p data-pid="126" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/145/0">9/8/1989, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="126" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/146/0">9/8/1987, p. 20</a></p><p data-pid="126" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/147/0">12/22/1986, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p127" data-pid="127" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/0">ijwbq articles 57,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/2"> 59;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/4"> lff lesson 40;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/6"> w17.08 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/8"> w17.11 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/10"> w16.06 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/12"> w08 4/15 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/14"> w08 6/15 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/16"> w02 7/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/18"> g02 7/8 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/21"> w01 1/15 6-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/23"> w01 6/15 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/25"> w01 10/15 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/27"> w97 7/15 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/29"> g97 5/22 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/31"> w92 7/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/33"> g91 9/8 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/35"> w90 12/1 4-5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/37"> g90 10/8 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/39"> w89 11/1 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/41"> yp 202;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/43"> g89 9/8 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/45"> g87 9/8 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/33/48"> g86 12/22 8;</a></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/0">w85 4/15 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/2"> w83 6/1 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/4"> w80 9/15 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/6"> bw 164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/8"> g79 4/22 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/10"> w78 2/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/12"> w78 4/1 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/15"> w77 507;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/17"> yy 37;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/19"> w73 75;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/21"> w73 567-568;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/24"> tp73 152-153;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/26"> g73 11/22 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/29"> w72 93,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/31"> 530,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/33"> 593;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/35"> g72 12/8 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/37"> g70 12/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/39"> w64 153,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/40"> 527;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/41"> w61 281;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/42"> w59 90;</a><span class="ni"> yw 61;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/49/44"> w51 390;</a><span class="ni"> w49 86;</span><span class="ni"> g45 11/21 16;</span><span class="ni"> w35 381</span></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-6" data-section-citation="051003006051003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:6</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/90" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-91"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 1:18; Eph 5:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/50/0">w73 567;</a><span class="ni"> g45 11/21 16</span></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-7" data-section-citation="051003007051003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:7</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-4"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p31" data-pid="31">Or “used to walk.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-5"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32">Or “when you lived that way.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/91" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-92"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 6:9-11; Eph 2:3; Tit 3:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/51/0">w64 524</a></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-8" data-section-citation="051003008051003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>put them all away:</strong> Paul here uses a Greek verb that means “to rid oneself of something” or “to lay aside something,” such as old clothes. Paul thus introduces a metaphor that recurs in <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">verses 9, 10,</a> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">12</a>, and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">14</a>, that of removing undesirable clothing and putting on appropriate clothing. Paul wants the Colossian Christians to view the five items he lists next as if they were dirty and repulsive garments that a Christian should be eager to shed. (See following study notes on this verse.) In many ways, this passage (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Col 3:8-10,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> 12, 13</a>) parallels <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">Eph 4:20-25,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/13/1" data-bid="14-2" class="b"> 31, 32</a>. Such similarities support the conclusion that Paul wrote both letters about the same time.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Eph 6:21;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/14/1" data-bid="15-2" class="b"> Col 4:7-9</a>.</p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>wrath, anger:</strong> The two words Paul employs here are very close in meaning. Some scholars suggest that the first, <em>or·geʹ,</em> originally focused on an inner feeling of wrath, while the second, <em>thy·mosʹ,</em> had more to do with the outburst expressing that feeling. By the time of Paul’s writing, such distinctions may have become blurred. In using both words, Paul is warning against the tendency to allow wrath to fester in the heart as well as the outbursts of anger that may result.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Eph 4:31</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/8/0">study notes on Eph 4:26</a>.</p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>badness:</strong> The Greek word <em>ka·kiʹa,</em> here rendered “badness,” may include the idea of malice, spite, and the inclination to harm others. In a similar list at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/16/0" data-bid="17-1" class="b">Eph 4:31</a>, Paul uses the same Greek word in the phrase “everything <em>injurious.”</em> (See also <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">Ro 1:29;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/17/1" data-bid="18-2" class="b"> 1Co 14:20</a>.) One reference work describes badness as used in this context as “an evil force that destroys fellowship.”</p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>abusive speech:</strong> Paul here uses the Greek word <em>bla·sphe·miʹa,</em> which is often rendered “blasphemy” when it refers to speech that is disrespectful to God. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Re 13:6</a>) Originally, however, its meaning was not restricted to insults directed at God. The term can also denote evil or slanderous speech against fellow humans, and the context suggests that Paul uses it in that sense here. (See also <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">Eph 4:31</a>.) Other translations of this verse use such expressions as “slander,” “defamation,” and “insults.” One reference work says of this word: “It indicates the attempt to belittle and cause someone to fall into disrepute or to receive a bad reputation.”</p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>obscene talk:</strong> This phrase translates a Greek word that is used only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures. It refers to speech that is filthy, vulgar, and at times abusive. Obscene speech was common in plays and comedies that depicted immorality, and some considered that kind of talk to be humorous. Such speech could also be expressed in anger, which Paul also warned against. (See study note on <strong>wrath, anger</strong> in this verse.) No doubt Paul gave this warning to help Christians avoid the bad influence of the people around them. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/9/0">study note on Eph 5:3</a>.) In the similar passage at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Eph 4:29</a> (see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/10/0">study note</a>), Paul urges Christians: “Let a rotten word not come out of your mouth.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/92" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-93"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/93" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-94"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/94" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-95"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p127" data-pid="127" class="se"></p> <div id="p128" data-pid="128"><p data-pid="128" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/148/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="128" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/148/0">8/2017, pp. 18,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/149/0"> 20-21</a></p> </div><div id="p129" data-pid="129"><p data-pid="129" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/150/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="129" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/150/0">6/8/2003, p. 19</a></p><p data-pid="129" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/151/0">5/22/1997, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p130" data-pid="130" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/34/0">w17.08 18,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/34/2"> 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/34/4"> g03 6/8 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/34/6"> g97 5/22 8;</a></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/52/0">w83 2/1 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/52/3"> w78 4/1 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/52/5"> w64 499,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/52/6"> 527;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/52/7"> w63 435;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/52/8"> w62 171;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/52/9"> w56 131;</a><span class="ni"> g45 11/21 16</span></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-9" data-section-citation="051003009051003009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:9</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>Strip off the old personality:</strong> Paul continues his word picture involving the removing and the putting on of clothing. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/11/0">study note on Col 3:8</a>.) The word here rendered “personality” literally means “man; person.” As one reference work notes, Paul uses the term “man” figuratively: “The ‘old man’ here, as in <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Romans 6:6</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Ephesians 4:22</a>, designates the whole personality of man when he is ruled by sin.” (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/12/0">study notes on Ro 6:6</a>.) Paul’s words suggest that with the help of God’s spirit, Christians can “strip off” even deeply entrenched traits and sinful practices.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/95" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-96"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 34:13; Eph 4:25; Re 21:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/96" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-97"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p130" data-pid="130" class="se"></p> <div id="p131" data-pid="131"><p data-pid="131" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/152/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="131" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/152/0">3/2022, pp. 2-7</a></p> </div><p id="p132" data-pid="132" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/153/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 305</a></p> <div id="p133" data-pid="133"><p data-pid="133" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/154/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="133" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/154/0">8/2017, pp. 17-21</a></p> </div><div id="p134" data-pid="134"><p data-pid="134" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/155/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="134" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/155/0">5/15/1998, pp. 25-26</a></p><p data-pid="134" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/156/0">11/1/1990, pp. 5-6</a></p> </div><p id="p135" data-pid="135" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/35/0">w22.03 2-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/35/2"> it-2 305;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/35/4"> w17.08 17-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/35/6"> w98 5/15 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/35/8"> w90 11/1 5-6;</a></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/0">w79 6/1 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/2"> yy 175;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/4"> g74 8/8 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/6"> w71 585-586;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/8"> g70 10/8 29;</a><span class="ni"> g66 11/22 13;</span><span class="ni"> g65 1/22 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/13"> w64 525,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/14"> 530;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/15"> w63 52;</a><span class="ni"> ln 30;</span><span class="ni"> g62 12/8 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/18"> w61 135;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/53/19"> w53 343</a></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-10" data-section-citation="051003010051003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:10</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>the new personality:</strong> Paul here refers to the figurative clothing that would replace “the old personality.” (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/13/0">study notes on Eph 4:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/14/0"> Col 3:9</a>.) This “new personality” is made up of fine godly qualities. It is an <strong>image,</strong> or likeness, of the personality of Jehovah God. Paul uses the same Greek word for “image” that is found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Ge 1:26</a> in the <em>Septuagint.</em> Paul thus reminded the Colossian Christians that even imperfect humans can strive to reflect the lofty qualities of God.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/15/0">study note on Eph 5:1</a>.</p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>is being made new:</strong> Paul uses a Greek word not found in ancient Greek literature that precedes his writings. The verb form here suggests, not a one-time act of renewal, but a continuous, ongoing process. If a Christian stops putting forth diligent effort to cultivate the new personality, the old one is likely to resurface. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Ge 8:21;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/26/1" data-bid="27-2" class="b"> Ro 7:21-25</a>) Paul thus emphasizes to Christians their need to continue applying the accurate knowledge they acquire regarding the Christian personality. They must work hard to develop such qualities as those he lists in <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">verses 12-15</a>.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/16/0">study note on 2Co 4:16</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-6"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p33" data-pid="33">Or “in.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/97" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-98"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:2; Eph 4:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/98" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-99"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 1:26, 27; 1Pe 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p135" data-pid="135" class="se"></p> <p id="p136" data-pid="136" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/157/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 305</a></p> <div id="p137" data-pid="137"><p data-pid="137" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/158/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="137" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/158/0">8/2017, p. 22</a></p> </div><div id="p138" data-pid="138"><p data-pid="138" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/159/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="138" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/159/0">7/8/1995, p. 26</a></p> </div><div id="p139" data-pid="139"><p data-pid="139" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/160/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="139" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/160/0">11/1/1990, pp. 5-6</a></p><p data-pid="139" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/161/0">4/15/1990, p. 27</a></p><p data-pid="139" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/162/0">4/1/1990, pp. 16-20</a></p><p data-pid="139" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/163/0">2/1/1989, p. 5</a></p> </div><p id="p140" data-pid="140" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/164/0"><em>God’s Word,</em> pp. 176-179</a></p> <p id="p141" data-pid="141" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/0">ijwyp article 59;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/2"> it-2 305;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/4"> w17.08 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/6"> g95 7/8 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/8"> w90 4/1 16-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/10"> w90 4/15 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/12"> w90 11/1 5-6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/14"> w89 2/1 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/36/16"> gm 176-179;</a></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/0">yb83 260-261;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/2"> w82 8/1 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/4"> w82 12/15 23-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/6"> tr 188;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/8"> w76 342;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/10"> w74 148;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/12"> g74 8/8 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/14"> g74 9/8 6;</a><span class="ni"> or 123;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/18"> g70 10/8 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/21"> w69 477;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/22"> w68 382;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/23"> w64 525,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/24"> 594;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/25"> w63 52,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/26"> 212,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/27"> 664;</a><span class="ni"> ln 30;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/29"> w62 660;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/30"> w61 135,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/31"> 344;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/32"> w60 144;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/33"> w53 343;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/54/34"> w51 623</a></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-11" data-section-citation="051003011051003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>foreigner:</strong> Lit., “barbarian.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/17/0">study note on Ro 1:14</a>.</p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>Scythian:</strong> In Paul’s day, the word “Scythian” conveyed the idea of a fierce and uncivilized people. The Scythians were mainly a nomadic people that ancient writers generally associated with the regions N and E of the Black Sea. Evidence suggests that they may have roamed as far as western Siberia near the border of Mongolia. In the Greco-Roman world, the term “Scythian” became synonymous with fearsomeness. Paul here lists different groups—pairing Greeks with Jews, circumcised with uncircumcised, foreigners with Scythians, slaves with freemen. By saying that none of these designations matter, Paul makes the point that Christians who clothe themselves with the new personality should be free of any ethnic, religious, cultural, or social divisions.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/99" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-100"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 12:12, 13; Ga 3:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p141" data-pid="141" class="se"></p> <p id="p142" data-pid="142" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/165/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1004</a></p> <p id="p143" data-pid="143" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/166/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 881</a></p> <div id="p144" data-pid="144"><p data-pid="144" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/167/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="144" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/167/0">8/2017, p. 23</a></p> </div><div id="p145" data-pid="145"><p data-pid="145" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/168/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="145" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/168/0">11/15/2001, p. 25</a></p><p data-pid="145" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/169/0">5/15/1988, pp. 17-18</a></p> </div><p id="p146" data-pid="146" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/37/0">it-1 1004;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/37/2"> it-2 881;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/37/4"> w17.08 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/37/6"> w01 11/15 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/37/8"> w88 5/15 17-18;</a></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/55/0">w82 12/15 23-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/55/2"> w81 2/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/55/4"> ad 691,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/55/5"> 1460;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/55/6"> w61 142;</a><span class="ni"> nh 242;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/55/8"> w51 623;</a><span class="ni"> fd 25</span></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-12" data-section-citation="051003012051003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>clothe yourselves:</strong> Paul here continues his word picture involving clothing, which he introduced at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">Col 3:8</a>. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/18/0">study note</a>.) He now discusses specific qualities of “the new personality,” which all of Christ’s followers need to put on as they would clothing. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Col 3:10</a>) Such Christlike qualities are cultivated in the heart, but they are like clothing in that they should readily be visible. Various Bible reference works note that Paul phrases the command “clothe yourselves” in a way that could suggest urgency as well as permanence. This may suggest that he wants the Colossians to act promptly on this counsel and to acquire these qualities as permanent Christian traits, never to be removed.</p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="s5"><strong>humility:</strong> Or “lowliness of mind.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/19/0">study note on Ac 20:19</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/100" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-101"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/101" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-102"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 2:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/102" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-103"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/103" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-104"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ti 2:24; Tit 3:2; 1Pe 3:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/104" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-105"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:1, 2; 1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p146" data-pid="146" class="se"></p> <p id="p147" data-pid="147" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/170/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 49</a></p> <div id="p148" data-pid="148"><p data-pid="148" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/171/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="148" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/171/0">No. 1 2021 p. 7</a></p> </div><p id="p149" data-pid="149" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/172/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 400</a></p> <div id="p150" data-pid="150"><p data-pid="150" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/173/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="150" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/173/0">8/2017, pp. 23-26</a></p> </div><div id="p151" data-pid="151"><p data-pid="151" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/174/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="151" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/174/0">11/1/2001, pp. 16-17</a></p><p data-pid="151" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/175/0">11/1/1994, p. 18</a></p><p data-pid="151" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/176/0">10/15/1991, p. 15</a></p> </div><p id="p152" data-pid="152" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/38/0">lff lesson 49;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/38/2"> g21.1 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/38/4"> it-2 400;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/38/6"> w17.08 23-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/38/8"> w01 11/1 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/38/10"> w94 11/1 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/38/12"> w91 10/15 15;</a></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/0">w85 11/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/2"> w82 5/1 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/4"> w82 12/15 15-16,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/6"> 23-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/8"> w78 4/1 21-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/10"> w74 411-412;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/12"> g74 8/8 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/14"> w67 383;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/15"> w66 433;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/16"> w64 494;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/17"> w63 404,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/18"> 432;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/19"> w61 286,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/56/20"> 292</a></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-13" data-section-citation="051003013051003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="s5"><strong>Continue putting up with one another:</strong> Paul here urges the Christians in Colossae to be patient, tolerating other people’s shortcomings and traits that they find irritating. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">1Co 4:12</a>, the same Greek verb has been rendered “patiently endure.” Because all Christians are imperfect and make mistakes (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Jas 3:2</a>), there is a need to be reasonable about what to expect of others (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">Php 4:5</a>).</p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>even if anyone has a cause for complaint against another:</strong> Paul acknowledges that some of the Colossians may at times have given their fellow Christians a legitimate “cause for complaint.” Perhaps they occasionally failed to show some Christian quality or caused hurt feelings over real or supposed wrongs. Even in those situations, Christians try to imitate Jehovah and forgive freely.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Mt 5:23, 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/36/1" data-bid="37-2" class="b"> 18:21-35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/36/2" data-bid="37-3" class="b"> Eph 4:32;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/36/3" data-bid="37-4" class="b"> 1Pe 4:8</a>.</p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="s5"><strong>Just as Jehovah freely forgave you:</strong> The Bible often mentions that Jehovah God forgives the sins of humans. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Nu 14:19, 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/37/1" data-bid="38-2" class="b"> 2Sa 12:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/37/2" data-bid="38-3" class="b"> Ps 130:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/37/3" data-bid="38-4" class="b"> Da 9:9</a>) He is even described as being “ready to forgive” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/38/0" data-bid="39-1" class="b">Ne 9:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/38/1" data-bid="39-2" class="b"> Ps 86:5</a>) and as one who “will forgive in a large way [or, “freely,” ftn.]” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">Isa 55:7</a>). The Greek verb for “freely forgave” that Paul uses here is not the usual word rendered “forgive,” as found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/40/0" data-bid="41-1" class="b">Mt 6:12,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/40/1" data-bid="41-2" class="b"> 14</a> or <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Ro 4:7</a> (see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/20/0">study note</a>). Rather, it is a verb that is related to the Greek word <em>khaʹris,</em> often rendered “undeserved kindness” or “favor.” When used in the sense of forgiving, this verb conveys the idea of doing so freely, generously, as when someone gives a gift to another. Paul uses the same term at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">Col 2:13</a>, saying that “God . . . <em>kindly forgave</em> us all our trespasses.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">Eph 4:32</a>; for the use of the divine name here, see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/0">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/1">Col 3:13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/105" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-106"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 19:11; Eph 4:32; 1Pe 4:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-106" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-106" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/106" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-107"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 18:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-107" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-107" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/107" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-108"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 6:14; Mr 11:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-108" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-108" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p152" data-pid="152" class="se"></p> <p id="p153" data-pid="153" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/177/0"><em>Close to Jehovah,</em> p. 188</a></p> <p id="p154" data-pid="154" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/178/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 49</a></p> <div id="p155" data-pid="155"><p data-pid="155" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/179/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="155" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/179/0">No. 1 2021 p. 6</a></p><p data-pid="155" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/180/0">3/2012, p. 10</a></p><p data-pid="155" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/181/0">11/2008, p. 7</a></p><p data-pid="155" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/182/0">2/8/2001, p. 19</a></p><p data-pid="155" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/183/0">1/22/1994, p. 12</a></p> </div><div id="p156" data-pid="156"><p data-pid="156" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/184/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="156" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/184/0">11/2017, p. 27</a></p><p data-pid="156" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/185/0">6/2017, pp. 17-18</a></p> </div><div id="p157" data-pid="157"><p data-pid="157" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/186/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/186/0">10/1/2015, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/187/0">10/1/2013, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/188/0">7/15/2001, pp. 22-23</a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/189/0">10/15/1999, pp. 13-14</a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/190/0">12/1/1997, p. 18</a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/191/0">7/15/1995, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="157" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/192/0">9/1/1991, pp. 22-23</a></p> </div><p id="p158" data-pid="158" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/193/0"><em>Return to Jehovah,</em> pp. 8-9</a></p> <p id="p159" data-pid="159" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/194/0"><em>Book for All,</em> p. 26</a></p> <p id="p160" data-pid="160" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/0">cl 188;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/2"> lff lessons 49,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/4"> 56;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/7"> g21.1 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/9"> w17.06 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/11"> w17.11 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/13"> w15 10/1 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/15"> rj 8-9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/17"> w13 10/1 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/19"> g 3/12 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/21"> g 11/08 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/23"> w01 7/15 22-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/25"> g01 2/8 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/27"> w99 10/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/29"> w97 12/1 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/31"> ba 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/33"> w95 7/15 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/35"> g94 1/22 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/39/37"> w91 9/1 23;</a></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/0">w85 11/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/2"> w82 12/15 15-16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/4"> km 2/81 1,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/6"> 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/8"> w80 3/15 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/10"> g80 1/8 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/12"> w78 4/1 21-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/14"> g74 8/8 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/16"> w73 334;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/18"> w64 494;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/19"> w63 100,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/57/20"> 356</a></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-14" data-section-citation="051003014051003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="s5"><strong>clothe yourselves with love:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/21/0">study note on Col 3:12</a>.</p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="s5"><strong>perfect bond of union:</strong> Lit., “joint bond of the perfection.” Paul’s letter to the Ephesians stresses the power of peace to unite the congregation. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/22/0">study note on Eph 4:3</a>.) Here Paul focuses on the superlative quality of love and its power to create unity. The greatest example of love’s power to unite is the bond of union between Jehovah and his only-begotten Son; that is the strongest bond that love has ever forged. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">Joh 3:35</a>) On the eve of his death, Jesus begged his Father to create such unity among his followers.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/46/0" data-bid="47-1" class="b">Joh 17:11,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/46/1" data-bid="47-2" class="b"> 22</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/23/0">study note on Joh 17:23</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/108" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-109"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 3:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-109" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-109" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/109" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-110"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 17:23; Ro 13:10; 1Co 13:4-7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p160" data-pid="160" class="se"></p> <div id="p161" data-pid="161"><p data-pid="161" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/195/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="161" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/195/0">No. 3 2020 p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="161" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/196/0">9/8/1997, pp. 9-10</a></p> </div><p id="p162" data-pid="162" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/197/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 253</a></p> <div id="p163" data-pid="163"><p data-pid="163" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/198/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="163" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/198/0">8/2017, p. 26</a></p> </div><div id="p164" data-pid="164"><p data-pid="164" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/199/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="164" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/199/0">12/1/2007, p. 6</a></p> </div><p id="p165" data-pid="165" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/200/0"><em>Knowledge,</em> pp. 163-167</a></p> <p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/40/0">g20.3 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/40/2"> it-2 253;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/40/4"> w17.08 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/40/6"> w07 12/1 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/40/8"> g97 9/8 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/40/10"> kl 163-167;</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/0">w85 3/15 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/2"> yb84 258;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/4"> yb83 260-261;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/6"> w82 12/15 12-17,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/12"> 21-24,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/16"> 26-27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/19"> g80 2/22 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/21"> fl 80;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/23"> g78 8/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/25"> w76 552;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/27"> gh 162-163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/29"> w71 305;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/31"> w65 205;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/32"> w64 309;</a><span class="ni"> g63 3/22 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/34"> w62 468;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/58/35"> w54 572;</a><span class="ni"> nh 243;</span><span class="ni"> w47 10</span></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-15" data-section-citation="051003015051003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="s5"><strong>the peace of the Christ:</strong> That is, a tranquility, or calmness, that a person gains on becoming a disciple of the Son of God. It results from God’s servants’ knowing that they are loved and approved by Jehovah God and by his Son.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/48/0" data-bid="49-1" class="b">Ps 149:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/48/1" data-bid="49-2" class="b"> Joh 14:27;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/48/2" data-bid="49-3" class="b"> Ro 5:3, 4</a>.</p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="s5"><strong>the Christ:</strong> Some ancient manuscripts read “God.” Some translations of the Christian Greek Scriptures into Hebrew (referred to as J<sup>7, 8</sup> in <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/2">App. C4</a>) use the divine name here. However, there is strong manuscript support for the reading “the Christ.”</p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="s5"><strong>rule in your hearts:</strong> Or “control your hearts.” Paul urges Christians to allow the peace of the Christ to become the controlling influence in their hearts. The Greek term rendered “rule” is related to the word for an umpire, or judge, who controlled the activities in the ancient athletic contests and awarded the prize. When this peace figuratively acts as an umpire, or a ruling principle, in the hearts of Christians, they make decisions by considering which action will best preserve unity and peace with fellow believers.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/110" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-111"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 14:27; 16:33; Php 4:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p166" data-pid="166" class="se"></p> <div id="p167" data-pid="167"><p data-pid="167" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/201/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="167" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/201/0">No. 3 2019, pp. 6-7</a></p><p data-pid="167" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/202/0">10/2007, p. 27</a></p><p data-pid="167" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/203/0">4/2006, p. 6</a></p> </div><div id="p168" data-pid="168"><p data-pid="168" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/204/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="168" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/204/0">12/2017, p. 26</a></p> </div><div id="p169" data-pid="169"><p data-pid="169" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/205/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="169" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/205/0">9/1/2001, pp. 14-18</a></p><p data-pid="169" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/206/0">2/15/1998, p. 4</a></p><p data-pid="169" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/207/0">7/1/1988, pp. 7-12</a></p> </div><p id="p170" data-pid="170" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/0">ijwyp article 95;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/2"> g19.3 6-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/4"> w17.12 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/6"> g 10/07 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/8"> g 4/06 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/10"> w01 9/1 14-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/12"> w98 2/15 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/41/14"> w88 7/1 7-12;</a></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/59/0">w81 4/1 23-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/59/2"> w78 4/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/59/4"> w73 334;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/59/6"> w72 730-731;</a><span class="ni"> g62 2/22 6;</span><span class="ni"> g61 11/22 27;</span><span class="ni"> w47 10</span></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-16" data-section-citation="051003016051003016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="s5"><strong>the word of the Christ:</strong> This expression, which occurs nowhere else in the Christian Greek Scriptures, refers to the message from and about Jesus Christ. This “word” includes the example Jesus set in his life and ministry. Paul told Christians that they should let the entire body of teaching as given by Christ <strong>reside</strong> in them, that is, become a part of them. They could do that by meditating on the message of Christian truth and being fully absorbed in it. Regarding Paul’s statement, one reference work says: “The Christian message must be an integral and permanent living force in them, not just an outward performance or routine activities.”</p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="s5"><strong>Keep on teaching and encouraging one another:</strong> Here Paul urges Christians to teach, encourage, and admonish one another by singing songs with lyrics based on the inspired Scriptures. Some of the songs used in worship by the first-century Christians were psalms taken from the inspired Hebrew Scriptures. Many of the psalms contained admonition to praise God, give thanks to him, and rejoice in him.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/50/0" data-bid="51-1" class="b">Ps 32:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/50/1" data-bid="51-2" class="b"> 106:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/50/2" data-bid="51-3" class="b"> 107:1</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/24/0">study note on Mt 26:30</a>.</p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="s5"><strong>encouraging:</strong> Or “admonishing.” The Greek word (<em>nou·the·teʹo</em>) used here is a compound word composed of the word for “mind” (<em>nous</em>) and the word for “to put” (<em>tiʹthe·mi</em>) and could literally be rendered “to put mind in.” In this context, the encouragement could include reminding one another of comforting thoughts and counsel from the Scriptures. The related noun is used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">Eph 6:4</a> (see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/25/0">study note</a>) and is rendered “admonition.”</p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="s5"><strong>psalms, praises to God, spiritual songs:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/26/0">study note on Eph 5:19</a>.</p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="s5"><strong>singing . . . to Jehovah:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/27/0">study note on Eph 5:19</a>; see also <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/3">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/4">Col 3:16</a>.</p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="s5"><strong>in your hearts:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/28/0">study note on Eph 5:19</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/1001072271#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/1001072271/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/916" ><span class="caption"><p>Christians in Colossae Sing Praises to Jehovah</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-7"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34">Or “graciousness.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/111" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-112"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 14:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/112" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-113"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p170" data-pid="170" class="se"></p> <div id="p171" data-pid="171"><p data-pid="171" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/208/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="171" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/208/0">11/2023, p. 32</a></p> </div><p id="p172" data-pid="172" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/209/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 10</a></p> <p id="p173" data-pid="173" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/210/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 667</a></p> <div id="p174" data-pid="174"><p data-pid="174" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/211/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="174" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/211/0">5/1/1994, pp. 11-12</a></p> </div><p id="p175" data-pid="175" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/42/0">w23.11 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/42/2"> lff lesson 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/42/4"> it-2 667;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/42/6"> w94 5/1 11-12;</a></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/60/0">w78 4/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/60/2"> w75 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/60/4"> w72 405;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/60/6"> w65 349;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/60/7"> w61 338;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/60/8"> w60 115</a></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-17" data-section-citation="051003017051003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:17</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="s5"><strong>in the name of the Lord Jesus:</strong> In the Bible, the term “name” at times stands for the person who bears the name, his reputation, and all that he represents. “The name of the Lord Jesus” has to do with his authority as the one who provided the ransom to redeem mankind from sin and with his position as King of God’s Kingdom. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/53/0" data-bid="54-1" class="b">Mt 28:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/53/1" data-bid="54-2" class="b"> Ac 4:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/53/2" data-bid="54-3" class="b"> 1Co 7:22, 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/53/3" data-bid="54-4" class="b"> Heb 1:3, 4</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/29/0">study note on Php 2:9</a>.) In all matters of life, Christians should speak and act “in the name of the Lord Jesus,” that is, as representing him.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/113" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-114"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p175" data-pid="175" class="se"></p> <div id="p176" data-pid="176"><p data-pid="176" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/212/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="176" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/212/0">3/1/1988, pp. 26-27</a></p> </div><p id="p177" data-pid="177" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/43/0">w88 3/1 26-27;</a></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/61/0">w78 4/1 22-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/61/2"> w74 76;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/61/4"> w63 51;</a><span class="ni"> ln 29;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/61/6"> w61 338;</a><span class="ni"> g61 11/22 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/61/8"> w60 10</a></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-18" data-section-citation="051003018051003018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:18</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="s5"><strong>be in subjection:</strong> Paul here speaks of the Christian wife’s voluntary submission to her husband’s God-given authority. The Christian husband, in turn, is to follow Christ’s example in exercising headship; he also willingly subjects himself to Christ’s authority.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/55/0" data-bid="56-1" class="b">1Co 11:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/55/1" data-bid="56-2" class="b"> Eph 5:22, 23</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/30/0">study note on Eph 5:21</a>.</p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="s5"><strong>as it is becoming in the Lord:</strong> Paul here uses an expression for “becoming” that may also be rendered “proper” or “fitting.” Paul adds <strong>in the Lord,</strong> reminding the Christian wife that by fulfilling her Scriptural role, she is pleasing her Lord, Jesus Christ, who set a perfect example of humble subjection to his Father.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/56/0" data-bid="57-1" class="b">Eph 5:22</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/31/0">study note on Php 2:6</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/114" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-115"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:22; 1Pe 3:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p177" data-pid="177" class="se"></p> <p id="p178" data-pid="178" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/213/0"><em>True Peace,</em> pp. 138-139</a></p> <p id="p179" data-pid="179" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/44/0">tp 138-139;</a></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/0">w80 9/1 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/2"> g78 10/22 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/4"> gh 163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/6"> w74 118;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/8"> tp73 141;</a><span class="ni"> li 265;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/11"> w63 445;</a><span class="ni"> g63 12/8 15;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/13"> w62 204,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/14"> 463,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/15"> 685;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/62/16"> w51 278</a></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-19" data-section-citation="051003019051003019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:19</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-8"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35">Or “be harsh.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/115" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-116"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:25; 1Pe 3:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/116" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-117"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p179" data-pid="179" class="se"></p> <p id="p180" data-pid="180" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/214/0"><em>Teach Us,</em> pp. 145-146</a></p> <p id="p181" data-pid="181" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/215/0"><em>Bible Teach,</em> p. 136</a></p> <div id="p182" data-pid="182"><p data-pid="182" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/216/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="182" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/216/0">9/15/2008, p. 17</a></p><p data-pid="182" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/217/0">5/1/2007, pp. 21-22</a></p><p data-pid="182" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/218/0">9/15/2006, p. 28</a></p> </div><p id="p183" data-pid="183" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/45/0">bhs 145-146;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/45/2"> bh 136;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/45/4"> w08 9/15 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/45/6"> w07 5/1 21-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/45/8"> w06 9/15 28;</a></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/63/0">gh 164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/63/2"> w65 554;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/63/3"> w63 123;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/63/4"> w62 204;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/63/5"> w60 79;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/63/6"> w51 279</a></p> <p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-20" data-section-citation="051003020051003020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:20</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="s5"><strong>be obedient:</strong> The Greek expression comes from a verb that has the basic meaning “listen.” Here it is used in the sense of hearing parental direction and complying with it <strong>in everything.</strong> Naturally, “everything” would include obedience in all things that are in harmony with God’s will; Paul did not mean to include matters that involved disobedience to God. Paul’s audience would have understood that such misplaced obedience would not be “well-pleasing to the Lord.”—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/58/0" data-bid="59-1" class="b">Lu 2:51</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/32/0">study note;</a> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/59/0" data-bid="60-1" class="b">Ac 5:28, 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/59/1" data-bid="60-2" class="b"> Eph 6:1, 2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/117" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-118"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 6:20; Lu 2:51; Eph 6:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-118" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-118" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p183" data-pid="183" class="se"></p> <div id="p184" data-pid="184"><p data-pid="184" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/219/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="184" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/219/0">10/2023, p. 7</a></p> </div><p id="p185" data-pid="185" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/220/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 50</a></p> <p id="p186" data-pid="186" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/221/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 522</a></p> <div id="p187" data-pid="187"><p data-pid="187" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/222/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="187" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/222/0">6/1/1995, pp. 28-29</a></p><p data-pid="187" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/223/0">10/1/1992, pp. 28-29</a></p><p data-pid="187" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/224/0">3/15/1989, p. 7</a></p> </div><p id="p188" data-pid="188" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/225/0"><em>True Peace,</em> pp. 138-139</a></p> <p id="p189" data-pid="189" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/46/0">w23.10 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/46/2"> lff lesson 50;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/46/4"> it-2 522;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/46/6"> w95 6/1 28-29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/46/8"> w92 10/1 28-29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/46/10"> w89 3/15 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/46/12"> tp 138-139;</a></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"></p> <p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/0">w80 5/15 7-8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/3"> w78 9/1 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/5"> fl 162;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/7"> w77 164;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/9"> yy 75-76;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/11"> w73 671;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/13"> tp73 141-142;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/15"> w72 733;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/17"> ad 1241;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/18"> w70 148;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/20"> g70 9/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/22"> w64 494;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/23"> w62 204;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/64/24"> w57 182;</a><span class="ni"> w38 119</span></p> <p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-21" data-section-citation="051003021051003021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:21</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="s5"><strong>do not be exasperating:</strong> The Greek word for “exasperating” may also be rendered “provoking” or “irritating.” Paul does not refer to the effects of discipline given by a loving parent. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/61/0" data-bid="62-1" class="b">Pr 13:24</a>.) Rather, he has in mind the damage caused by unreasonable or harsh treatment of children by parents. Such abuse would fail to reflect the Scriptural record of Jehovah’s balanced dealings with his people (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">Ps 103:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/62/1" data-bid="63-2" class="b"> Jas 5:11</a>) or of the encouraging way that Jehovah dealt with his own Son (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">Mt 3:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/63/1" data-bid="64-2" class="b"> 17:5</a>).</p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="s5"><strong>downhearted:</strong> Paul uses a word that occurs only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures, one that might also be rendered “discouraged.” It suggests a loss of heart, a kind of discouragement that can become entrenched and prove dangerous to a child’s well-being. As the context indicates, such discouragement may be the result of parental mistreatment. Regarding the use of this word here, reference works note that the “exasperating” treatment that Paul mentions may convince a child that it is impossible to please the parent. Such conviction, in turn, may cause a child to become disheartened or even lead him to despair.—See study note on <strong>do not be exasperating</strong> in this verse.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/118" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-119"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-119" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-119" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p189" data-pid="189" class="se"></p> <div id="p190" data-pid="190"><p data-pid="190" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/226/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="190" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/226/0">6/15/2005, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="190" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/227/0">8/1/1997, p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="190" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/228/0">8/1/1996, p. 20</a></p><p data-pid="190" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/229/0">11/1/1986, p. 22</a></p> </div><p id="p191" data-pid="191" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/230/0"><em>Family Happiness,</em> p. 148</a></p> <div id="p192" data-pid="192"><p data-pid="192" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/231/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="192" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/231/0">10/22/1996, p. 6</a></p><p data-pid="192" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/232/0">4/22/1990, pp. 25-26</a></p> </div><p id="p193" data-pid="193" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/233/0"><em>Knowledge,</em> p. 148</a></p> <p id="p194" data-pid="194" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/0">w05 6/15 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/2"> w97 8/1 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/4"> w96 8/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/6"> fy 148;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/8"> g96 10/22 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/10"> kl 148;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/12"> g90 4/22 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/47/14"> w86 11/1 22;</a></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"></p> <p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/0">w84 4/1 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/2"> fl 105-106,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/4"> 145;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/6"> gh 166-167;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/9"> g76 7/22 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/11"> w71 370;</a><span class="ni"> g66 7/8 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/14"> w63 433,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/15"> 497;</a><span class="ni"> g63 6/22 6;</span><span class="ni"> g62 11/8 17;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/65/18"> w54 55</a></p> <p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-22" data-section-citation="051003022051003022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="s5"><strong>human:</strong> Lit., “fleshly.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/33/0">study note on Eph 6:5</a>.</p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="s5"><strong>masters:</strong> Or “lords.” Here the Greek word <em>kyʹri·os</em> (lord) refers to humans who have authority over others.</p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="s5"><strong>not only when they are watching, just to please men:</strong> Lit., “not with acts of eye-service, as men pleasers.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/34/0">study note on Eph 6:6</a>.</p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="s5"><strong>with fear of Jehovah:</strong> This expression refers to a profound respect and reverence for God and a healthy fear of displeasing him. Such reverential fear is motivated by faith in God and love for him and results in a desire to worship and obey him. The concept of fearing God is often mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. Some examples are <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/0" data-bid="66-1" class="b">De 6:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/1" data-bid="66-2" class="b"> 10:12,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/2" data-bid="66-3" class="b"> 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/3" data-bid="66-4" class="b"> 13:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/4" data-bid="66-5" class="b"> Ps 19:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/5" data-bid="66-6" class="b"> Pr 1:7;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/6" data-bid="66-7" class="b"> 8:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/65/7" data-bid="66-8" class="b"> 22:4</a>. In the Christian Greek Scriptures, the Greek verb for “to fear” is often used in the sense of reverential fear of God.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/66/0" data-bid="67-1" class="b">Lu 1:50;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/66/1" data-bid="67-2" class="b"> Ac 10:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/66/2" data-bid="67-3" class="b"> 35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/66/3" data-bid="67-4" class="b"> Re 14:7</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/35/0">study note on Ac 9:31</a>; for the use of the divine name here at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/67/0" data-bid="68-1" class="b">Col 3:22</a>, see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/5">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/6">Col 3:22</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/1001072312#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/1001072312/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/985" ><span class="caption"><p>Common Duties of a Slave</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/119" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-120"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:5, 6; Tit 2:9; 1Pe 2:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-120" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-120" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p194" data-pid="194" class="se"></p> <p id="p195" data-pid="195" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/234/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 522-523,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/235/0"> 979</a></p> <p id="p196" data-pid="196" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/48/0">it-2 522-523,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/48/2"> 979;</a></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"></p> <p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/0">g79 9/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/2"> w78 4/1 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/4"> w77 466;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/7"> w72 598;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/9"> ad 1241;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/10"> w63 81;</a><span class="ni"> ln 53;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/12"> w62 250,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/66/13"> 655</a></p> <p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-23" data-section-citation="051003023051003023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:23</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="s5"><strong>whole-souled:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/36/0">study note on Eph 6:6</a>.</p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="s5"><strong>as for Jehovah, and not for men:</strong> Paul here emphasizes that literal slaves should remember their relationship with Jehovah God in whatever work they were doing. This includes their being obedient to “human masters” and rendering service to them “with sincerity of heart,” which would prevent bringing reproach on “the name of God.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/69/0" data-bid="70-1" class="b">Col 3:22;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/69/1" data-bid="70-2" class="b"> 1Ti 6:1</a>) Paul gives slaves similar counsel in his letter to the Ephesians, written about the same time as the letter to the Colossians.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/70/0" data-bid="71-1" class="b">Eph 6:6, 7</a>; see “<a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/7">Introduction to Colossians</a>”; for the use of the divine name in this verse, see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/8">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/9">Col 3:23</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/120" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-121"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 22:37; Lu 10:27; Ro 12:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-121" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-121" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p196" data-pid="196" class="se"></p> <p id="p197" data-pid="197" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/236/0"><em>Bible Verses Explained,</em> article 34</a></p> <p id="p198" data-pid="198" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/237/0"><em>Close to Jehovah,</em> pp. 104-106</a></p> <p id="p199" data-pid="199" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/238/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 37</a></p> <p id="p200" data-pid="200" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/239/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1204</a></p> <div id="p201" data-pid="201"><p data-pid="201" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/240/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="201" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/240/0">1/15/2012, pp. 21-23</a></p><p data-pid="201" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/241/0">10/15/1997, pp. 13-18</a></p> </div><p id="p202" data-pid="202" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/242/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 168</a></p> <p id="p203" data-pid="203" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/49/0">ijwbv article 34;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/49/2"> cl 104-106;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/49/4"> lff lesson 37;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/49/6"> it-2 1204;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/49/8"> w12 1/15 21-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/49/10"> w97 10/15 13-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/49/12"> si 168;</a></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"></p> <p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/0">w80 8/15 30-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/2"> g79 9/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/4"> w77 324;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/6"> w77 465-467;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/8"> w76 357;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/10"> w74 84;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/12"> g73 7/22 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/14"> w67 515;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/15"> w64 683;</a><span class="ni"> g64 5/22 3;</span><span class="ni"> g64 10/22 28;</span><span class="ni"> g63 6/22 3;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/19"> w62 250,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/20"> 521,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/21"> 655;</a><span class="ni"> g62 9/8 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/23"> w61 598;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/24"> w60 181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/25"> w59 397;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/67/26"> w51 300;</a><span class="ni"> w41 121;</span><span class="ni"> w31 68</span></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-24" data-section-citation="051003024051003024"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:24</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="s5"><strong>it is from Jehovah you will receive the inheritance as a reward:</strong> Throughout the Bible, Jehovah God is described as the one who rewards the good deeds of those who serve him faithfully. Some examples are found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/72/0" data-bid="73-1" class="b">Ru 2:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/72/1" data-bid="73-2" class="b"> Ps 24:1-5</a>; and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/73/0" data-bid="74-1" class="b">Jer 31:16</a>. Jesus describes his Father in a similar way.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/74/0" data-bid="75-1" class="b">Mt 6:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/74/1" data-bid="75-2" class="b"> Lu 6:35</a>; for the use of the divine name in this verse, see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/10">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/11">Col 3:24</a>.</p> <p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="s5"><strong>Slave for the Master, Christ:</strong> Paul here reminds Christians who were literal slaves to remember that Christ is their real Master. In the similar counsel given at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/75/0" data-bid="76-1" class="b">Eph 6:5, 6</a>, Paul reminded slaves that they should “be obedient to [their] human masters . . . as Christ’s slaves doing the will of God whole-souled.” Those who choose to become slaves of Christ find, not a burdensome life, but relief from their heavy loads.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/76/0" data-bid="77-1" class="b">Mt 11:28-30</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/37/0">study note on Ro 1:1</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/121" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-122"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:8; 1Pe 1:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-122" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-122" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p203" data-pid="203" class="se"></p> <p id="p204" data-pid="204" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/243/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 37</a></p> <div id="p205" data-pid="205"><p data-pid="205" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/244/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="205" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204441/244/0">6/15/1997, p. 32</a></p> </div><p id="p206" data-pid="206" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/50/0">lff lesson 37;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270051/50/2"> w97 6/15 32;</a></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="sx"></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/68/0">g79 9/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/68/2"> w77 324;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/68/4"> w75 716;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/68/6"> g73 7/22 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/68/8"> w62 655;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/68/9"> w60 499</a></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="51-3-25" data-section-citation="051003025051003025"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Colossians 3:25</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="s5"><strong>there is no partiality:</strong> This verse indicates that wrongdoers—for example, masters who treat their slaves badly—cannot escape judgment. Similar statements at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/78/0" data-bid="79-1" class="b">Ro 2:11</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/79/0" data-bid="80-1" class="b">Eph 6:9</a> show that God is the one who judges such individuals without partiality or favoritism.—For background information on the Greek expression for “partiality,” see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070781/38/0">study note on Ro 2:11</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/122" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-123"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 2:6; Ga 6:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-123" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-123" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/123" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-124"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 10:17; Ro 2:11; 1Pe 1:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-124" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-124" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020051/69/0">w76 357;</a><span class="ni"> g63 3/8 3</span></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/82/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 2:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/83/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 110:1; 1Pe 3:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/84/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 3:20; 4:8; 1Pe 1:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/85/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 2:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/86/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 11:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/87/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-88-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 15:42, 43</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-88-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-88-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/88/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mr 9:43; Ga 5:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/89/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 6:18; Eph 5:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/90/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 1:18; Eph 5:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/91/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 6:9-11; Eph 2:3; Tit 3:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/92/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/93/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/94/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/95/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 34:13; Eph 4:25; Re 21:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/96/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/97/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:2; Eph 4:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/98/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 1:26, 27; 1Pe 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/99/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 12:12, 13; Ga 3:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/100/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/101/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 2:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/102/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 12:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/103/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ti 2:24; Tit 3:2; 1Pe 3:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/104/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:1, 2; 1Th 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/105/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 19:11; Eph 4:32; 1Pe 4:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/106/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 18:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/107/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 6:14; Mr 11:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/108/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 3:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/109/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 17:23; Ro 13:10; 1Co 13:4-7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/110/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 14:27; 16:33; Php 4:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/111/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 14:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/112/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/113/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 10:31; Eph 5:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/114/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:22; 1Pe 3:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/115/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 5:25; 1Pe 3:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/116/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 4:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/117/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 6:20; Lu 2:51; Eph 6:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/118/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:21</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/119/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:5, 6; Tit 2:9; 1Pe 2:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/120/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 22:37; Lu 10:27; Ro 12:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/121/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 3:24</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eph 6:8; 1Pe 1:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/51/3/122/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-123-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Col. 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class="documentBanner showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>Letter to the Colossians</h1> </header> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sb"><span id="v51-3-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29610" class="cl vp"><strong>3</strong> </a>If, however, you were raised up with the Christ,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/82" data-bid="83-1" class="b">+</a> go on seeking the things above, where the Christ is seated at the right hand of God.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/83" data-bid="84-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29611" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>Keep your minds fixed on the things above,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/84" data-bid="85-1" class="b">+</a> not on the things on the earth.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/85" data-bid="86-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29612" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>For you died, and your life has been hidden with the Christ in union with God. </span><span id="v51-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29613" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>When the Christ, our life,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/86" data-bid="87-1" class="b">+</a> is made manifest, then you also will be made manifest with him in glory.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/87" data-bid="88-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sb"><span id="v51-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29614" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>Deaden, therefore, your body members<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/88" data-bid="89-1" class="b">+</a> that are on the earth as respects sexual immorality, uncleanness, uncontrolled sexual passion,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/89" data-bid="90-1" class="b">+</a> hurtful desire, and greediness, which is idolatry. </span><span id="v51-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29615" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>On account of those things the wrath of God is coming.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/90" data-bid="91-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29616" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>That is how you too used to conduct yourselves<a id="footnotesource4" data-fnid="4" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070155/3">*</a> in your former way of life.<a id="footnotesource5" data-fnid="5" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070155/4">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/91" data-bid="92-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29617" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>But now you must put them all away from you: wrath, anger, badness,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/92" data-bid="93-1" class="b">+</a> abusive speech,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/93" data-bid="94-1" class="b">+</a> and obscene talk<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/94" data-bid="95-1" class="b">+</a> out of your mouth. </span><span id="v51-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29618" class="vl vx vp study">9 </a>Do not lie to one another.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/95" data-bid="96-1" class="b">+</a> Strip off the old personality<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/96" data-bid="97-1" class="b">+</a> with its practices, </span><span id="v51-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29619" class="vl vx vp study">10 </a>and clothe yourselves with the new personality,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/97" data-bid="98-1" class="b">+</a> which through<a id="footnotesource6" data-fnid="6" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070155/5">*</a> accurate knowledge is being made new according to the image of the One who created it,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/98" data-bid="99-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29620" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythʹi·an, slave, or freeman; but Christ is all things and in all.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/99" data-bid="100-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sb"><span id="v51-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29621" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>Accordingly, as God’s chosen ones,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/100" data-bid="101-1" class="b">+</a> holy and loved, clothe yourselves with the tender affections of compassion,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/101" data-bid="102-1" class="b">+</a> kindness, humility,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/102" data-bid="103-1" class="b">+</a> mildness,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/103" data-bid="104-1" class="b">+</a> and patience.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/104" data-bid="105-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29622" class="vl vx vp study">13 </a>Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/105" data-bid="106-1" class="b">+</a> even if anyone has a cause for complaint against another.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/106" data-bid="107-1" class="b">+</a> Just as Jehovah freely forgave you, you must also do the same.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/107" data-bid="108-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29623" class="vl vx vp study">14 </a>But besides all these things, clothe yourselves with love,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/108" data-bid="109-1" class="b">+</a> for it is a perfect bond of union.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/109" data-bid="110-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sb"><span id="v51-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29624" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>Also, let the peace of the Christ rule in your hearts,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/110" data-bid="111-1" class="b">+</a> for you were called to that peace in one body. And show yourselves thankful. </span><span id="v51-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29625" class="vl vx vp study">16 </a>Let the word of the Christ reside in you richly in all wisdom. Keep on teaching and encouraging one another with psalms,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/111" data-bid="112-1" class="b">+</a> praises to God, spiritual songs sung with gratitude,<a id="footnotesource7" data-fnid="7" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070155/6">*</a> singing in your hearts to Jehovah.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/112" data-bid="113-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29626" class="vl vx vp study">17 </a>Whatever it is that you do in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, thanking God the Father through him.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/113" data-bid="114-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sb"><span id="v51-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29627" class="vl vx vp study">18 </a>You wives, be in subjection to your husbands,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/114" data-bid="115-1" class="b">+</a> as it is becoming in the Lord. </span><span id="v51-3-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29628" class="vl vx vp">19 </a>You husbands, keep on loving your wives<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/115" data-bid="116-1" class="b">+</a> and do not be bitterly angry<a id="footnotesource8" data-fnid="8" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070155/7">*</a> with them.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/116" data-bid="117-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v51-3-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29629" class="vl vx vp study">20 </a>You children, be obedient to your parents in everything,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/117" data-bid="118-1" class="b">+</a> for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. </span><span id="v51-3-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29630" class="vl vx vp study">21 </a>You fathers, do not be exasperating your children,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/118" data-bid="119-1" class="b">+</a> so that they do not become downhearted. </span><span id="v51-3-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29631" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>You slaves, be obedient in everything to those who are your human masters,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/119" data-bid="120-1" class="b">+</a> not only when they are watching, just to please men, but with sincerity of heart, with fear of Jehovah. </span><span id="v51-3-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29632" class="vl vx vp study">23 </a>Whatever you are doing, work at it whole-souled as for Jehovah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/120" data-bid="121-1" class="b">+</a> and not for men, </span><span id="v51-3-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070155/29633" class="vl vx vp study">24 </a>for you know that it is from Jehovah you will receive the inheritance as a reward.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070155/121" data-bid="122-1" class="b">+</a> Slave for the Master, Christ. </span><span id="v51-3-25-1" 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