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10 [a]and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the image of its creator.(A) 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,[b] slave, free; but Christ is all and in all.(B)

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  1. 3:10 Image: see note on Col 1:15.
  2. 3:11 Scythian: a barbarous people from north of the Black Sea.

10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. 11 In that renewal[a] there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

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  1. Colossians 3:11 Gk its creator, 11 where

10 (A)and have put on the new self. This is the new being which God, its Creator, is constantly renewing in his own image, in order to bring you to a full knowledge of himself. 11 As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.

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10 and have (A)put on the new self, which is being [a](B)renewed to a true knowledge (C)according to the image of the One who (D)created it— 11 a renewal in which (E)there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, (F)circumcised and uncircumcised, [b](G)barbarian, [c]Scythian, (H)slave, and free, but (I)Christ is all, and in all.

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  1. Colossians 3:10 Lit renovated
  2. Colossians 3:11 I.e., uncultured
  3. Colossians 3:11 I.e., a member of an ancient people near the Black Sea, often considered unrefined

10 and have put on the new self,(A) which is being renewed(B) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(C) 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew,(D) circumcised or uncircumcised,(E) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,(F) but Christ is all,(G) and is in all.

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