King James Version KJV
New International Version NIV
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
1
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
2
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
3
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
4
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
5
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
6
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
7
You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
8
But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
9
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
11
Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.