Colossians 3:9-11
What is written? (ESV)
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
What does it say?
Lying had to do with your old self, so don’t do it since you’ve put on the new self — it is what’s being transformed by knowledge into the likeness of its creator and to this end there is no distinction between cultures, race, ethnicity, or station in life. Christ is all and in all.
What is its immediate context?
Paul is encouraging the Colossians to “keep seeking the things above” (vs 1), qualifying it with “IF” anyone has been raised in Christ. He gives many things to “put to death” (vs 5) or to “put off” (vs 8) before he gives specific “in the Lord” behavioral instructions for wives (vs 18), husbands (vs 19), children (vs 20), fathers (vs 21), and slaves (vs 22).
How Colossians 3:9-11 is applied across Bible answers
What is salvation according to the Bible?
Christians become more like the Son through the knowledge of God's word.
