Colossians 3:1-4

New International Version

Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,^(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.^(B) ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.^(C) ³For you died,^(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your^[a] life,^(E) appears,^(F) then you also will appear with him in glory.^(G)

⁵Put to death,^(H) therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:^(I) sexual immorality,^(J) impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,^(K) which is idolatry.^(L) ⁶Because of these, the wrath of God^(M) is coming.^[b] ⁷You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.^(N) ⁸But now you must also rid yourselves^(O) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,^(P) and filthy language from your lips.^(Q) ⁹Do not lie to each other,^(R) since you have taken off your old self^(S) with its practices ¹⁰and have put on the new self,^(T) which is being renewed^(U) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.^(V) ¹¹Here there is no Gentile or Jew,^(W) circumcised or uncircumcised,^(X) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,^(Y) but Christ is all,^(Z) and is in all.

¹²Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves^(AA) with compassion, kindness, humility,^(AB) gentleness and patience.^(AC) ¹³Bear with each other^(AD) and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.^(AE) ¹⁴And over all these virtues put on love,^(AF) which binds them all together in perfect unity.^(AG)

¹⁵Let the peace of Christ^(AH) rule in your hearts, since as members of one body^(AI) you were called to peace.^(AJ) And be thankful. ¹⁶Let the message of Christ^(AK) dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom^(AL) through psalms,^(AM) hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.^(AN) ¹⁷And whatever you do,^(AO) whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks^(AP) to God the Father through him.

Instructions for Christian Households^(AQ)

¹⁸Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands,^(AR) as is fitting in the Lord.

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

²⁰Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

²¹Fathers,^[c] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

²²Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. ²³Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, ²⁴since you know that you will receive an inheritance^(AS) from the Lord as a reward.^(AT) It is the Lord Christ you are serving. ²⁵Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.^(AU)

4 Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair,^(AV) because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Footnotes

Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our
Colossians 3:6 Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient
Colossians 3:21 Or Parents

Isaiah 50-51

New International Version

Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience

50 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce^(A)
    with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
    did I sell^(B) you?
Because of your sins^(C) you were sold;^(D)
    because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
²When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?^(E)
Was my arm too short^(F) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength^(G) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke^(H) I dry up the sea,^(I)
    I turn rivers into a desert;^(J)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.
³I clothe the heavens with darkness^(K)
    and make sackcloth^(L) its covering.”

⁴The Sovereign Lord^(M) has given me a well-instructed tongue,^(N)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.^(O)
He wakens me morning by morning,^(P)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.^(Q)
⁵The Sovereign Lord^(R) has opened my ears;^(S)
    I have not been rebellious,^(T)
    I have not turned away.
⁶I offered my back to those who beat^(U) me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;^(V)
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.^(W)
⁷Because the Sovereign Lord^(X) helps^(Y) me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(Z)
    and I know I will not be put to shame.^(AA)
⁸He who vindicates^(AB) me is near.^(AC)
    Who then will bring charges against me?^(AD)
    Let us face each other!^(AE)
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!
⁹It is the Sovereign Lord^(AF) who helps^(AG) me.
    Who will condemn^(AH) me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
    the moths^(AI) will eat them up.

¹⁰Who among you fears^(AJ) the Lord
    and obeys^(AK) the word of his servant?^(AL)
Let the one who walks in the dark,
    who has no light,^(AM)
trust^(AN) in the name of the Lord
    and rely on their God.
¹¹But now, all you who light fires
    and provide yourselves with flaming torches,^(AO)
go, walk in the light of your fires^(AP)
    and of the torches you have set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:^(AQ)
    You will lie down in torment.^(AR)

Everlasting Salvation for Zion

51 “Listen^(AS) to me, you who pursue righteousness^(AT)
    and who seek^(AU) the Lord:
Look to the rock^(AV) from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
²look to Abraham,^(AW) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.^(AX)
³The Lord will surely comfort^(AY) Zion^(AZ)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;^(BA)
he will make her deserts like Eden,^(BB)
    her wastelands^(BC) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness^(BD) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving^(BE) and the sound of singing.

⁴“Listen to me, my people;^(BF)
    hear me,^(BG) my nation:
Instruction^(BH) will go out from me;
    my justice^(BI) will become a light to the nations.^(BJ)
⁵My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation^(BK) is on the way,^(BL)
    and my arm^(BM) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands^(BN) will look to me
    and wait in hope^(BO) for my arm.
⁶Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(BP)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(BQ)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(BR) will last forever,^(BS)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(BT)

⁷“Hear me, you who know what is right,^(BU)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:^(BV)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.^(BW)
⁸For the moth will eat them up like a garment;^(BX)
    the worm^(BY) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,^(BZ)
    my salvation through all generations.”

⁹Awake, awake,^(CA) arm^(CB) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(CC)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(CD)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(CE) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(CF) through?
¹⁰Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(CG)
    the waters of the great deep,^(CH)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(CI)
    so that the redeemed^(CJ) might cross over?
¹¹Those the Lord has rescued^(CK) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;^(CL)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy^(CM) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(CN)

¹²“I, even I, am he who comforts^(CO) you.
    Who are you that you fear^(CP) mere mortals,^(CQ)
    human beings who are but grass,^(CR)
¹³that you forget^(CS) the Lord your Maker,^(CT)
    who stretches out the heavens^(CU)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror^(CV) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?^(CW)
¹⁴    The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;^(CX)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.^(CY)
¹⁵For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea^(CZ) so that its waves roar^(DA)—
    the Lord Almighty^(DB) is his name.
¹⁶I have put my words in your mouth^(DC)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(DD)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(DE)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(DF)’”

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

¹⁷Awake, awake!^(DG)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup^(DH) of his wrath,^(DI)
you who have drained to its dregs^(DJ)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.^(DK)
¹⁸Among all the children^(DL) she bore
    there was none to guide her;^(DM)
among all the children she reared
    there was none to take her by the hand.^(DN)
¹⁹These double calamities^(DO) have come upon you—
    who can comfort you?^(DP)—
ruin and destruction,^(DQ) famine^(DR) and sword^(DS)—
    who can^[a] console you?
²⁰Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,^(DT)
    like antelope caught in a net.^(DU)
They are filled with the wrath^(DV) of the Lord,
    with the rebuke^(DW) of your God.

²¹Therefore hear this, you afflicted^(DX) one,
    made drunk,^(DY) but not with wine.
²²This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends^(DZ) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup^(EA) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
²³I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(EB)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(EC) that we may walk^(ED) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(EE)