Colossesi 3
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
L'unione con il Cristo celeste, principio della vita nuova
3 Se dunque siete risorti con Cristo, cercate le cose di lassù, dove si trova Cristo assiso alla destra di Dio; 2 pensate alle cose di lassù, non a quelle della terra. 3 Voi infatti siete morti e la vostra vita è ormai nascosta con Cristo in Dio! 4 Quando si manifesterà Cristo, la vostra vita, allora anche voi sarete manifestati con lui nella gloria.
III. PARENESI
Precetti generali di vita cristiana
5 Mortificate dunque quella parte di voi che appartiene alla terra: fornicazione, impurità, passioni, desideri cattivi e quella avarizia insaziabile che è idolatria, 6 cose tutte che attirano l'ira di Dio su coloro che disobbediscono. 7 Anche voi un tempo eravate così, quando la vostra vita era immersa in questi vizi. 8 Ora invece deponete anche voi tutte queste cose: ira, passione, malizia, maldicenze e parole oscene dalla vostra bocca. 9 Non mentitevi gli uni gli altri. Vi siete infatti spogliati dell'uomo vecchio con le sue azioni 10 e avete rivestito il nuovo, che si rinnova, per una piena conoscenza, ad immagine del suo Creatore. 11 Qui non c'è più Greco o Giudeo, circoncisione o incirconcisione, barbaro o Scita, schiavo o libero, ma Cristo è tutto in tutti.
12 Rivestitevi dunque, come amati di Dio, santi e diletti, di sentimenti di misericordia, di bontà, di umiltà, di mansuetudine, di pazienza; 13 sopportandovi a vicenda e perdonandovi scambievolmente, se qualcuno abbia di che lamentarsi nei riguardi degli altri. Come il Signore vi ha perdonato, così fate anche voi. 14 Al di sopra di tutto poi vi sia la carità, che è il vincolo di perfezione. 15 E la pace di Cristo regni nei vostri cuori, perché ad essa siete stati chiamati in un solo corpo. E siate riconoscenti!
16 La parola di Cristo dimori tra voi abbondantemente; ammaestratevi e ammonitevi con ogni sapienza, cantando a Dio di cuore e con gratitudine salmi, inni e cantici spirituali. 17 E tutto quello che fate in parole ed opere, tutto si compia nel nome del Signore Gesù, rendendo per mezzo di lui grazie a Dio Padre.
Precetti particolari di morale domestica
18 Voi, mogli, state sottomesse ai mariti, come si conviene nel Signore. 19 Voi, mariti, amate le vostre mogli e non inaspritevi con esse. 20 Voi, figli, obbedite ai genitori in tutto; ciò è gradito al Signore. 21 Voi, padri, non esasperate i vostri figli, perché non si scoraggino. 22 Voi, servi, siate docili in tutto con i vostri padroni terreni; non servendo solo quando vi vedono, come si fa per piacere agli uomini, ma con cuore semplice e nel timore del Signore. 23 Qualunque cosa facciate, fatela di cuore come per il Signore e non per gli uomini, 24 sapendo che come ricompensa riceverete dal Signore l'eredità. Servite a Cristo Signore. 25 Chi commette ingiustizia infatti subirà le conseguenze del torto commesso, e non v'è parzialità per nessuno.
Colossians 3
Worldwide English (New Testament)
3 Were you raised from death with Christ? Then look for the things which are in heaven. There Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Think about the things that are in heaven, not about things that are on earth.
3 Your old life died with Christ and your new life is kept with Christ in God.
4 Christ is our life. When he comes again and is seen, then you will also be seen with him. And you will be great.
5 So then, put to death those things of this world which are in you. I mean these things: wrong sex, things that are not clean, a heart that is burning to do wrong things, wanting what is wrong, and wanting to have what other people have. This last one is like worshipping an idol.
6 They are things that make God angry.
7 You used to do these things when you lived that way.
8 But now you must stop all these: being angry, hating people, wrong feelings toward others, saying wrong things about people, and dirty talking.
9 Do not tell lies to one another. You have stopped being the person you used to be who did wrong things.
10 And now you have become a new person. That new person is always learning more and more until he becomes like God who made him.
11 In this new person, there is no difference between a Greek and a Jew. There is no difference between a man who is circumcised with the mark of the Jew and a man who is not circumcised. There is no difference between a person from a friendly country or someone from a country which is not friendly. There is no difference between a slave and a person who is free. Christ is everything and is in all of them.
12 You are chosen by God. He loves you and has made you holy. So then, care for one another. Be kind. Do not be proud. Be humble. Be patient.
13 Be patient with one another. If any one has a complaint against another, forgive that one. Christ forgave you. So you should forgive each other.
14 Beside all these, you must have love. This joins everything together as it should be.
15 Hold on to the peace of God which is in your hearts. You were called to have peace because you are all like one body. Be thankful.
16 Let your hearts be filled with the word of Christ. Be very wise when you teach people and help them to understand what is right and wrong. Sing with music. Sing praises and Christian songs. Sing to the Lord with praise in your hearts.
17 Whatever you say, or whatever you do, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. Give thanks to God the Father through Jesus.
18 Wives, obey your husbands. This is the right way to live when you belong to the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be unkind to them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything. This pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not make your children angry. They might stop trying to do right.
22 Servants, obey your boss in everything. Obey always, not only when he is looking at you as if you were pleasing a man. Do it with all your heart because you respect the Lord.
23 Whatever your work is, do it gladly. Do it as you would do it unto the Lord and not for people.
24 You know you will get pay from the Lord, for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
25 The person who does wrong will be punished for the wrong he has done. God does not love one person more than another.
Colossians 3
King James Version
3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also 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:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
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