Colossians 3:5
King James Version
5 Mortify therefore your members
which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection,
evil concupiscence, and covetousness,
which is idolatry:
SPIRIT and I have started a series on addressing the sins of the flesh on this blog.
All because man's corrupt mind, body, and spirit are not acceptable to the LORD.
When GOD decides for JESUS to have His faithful meet Him up in the air, we must be worthy of the LORD.
The verse above speaks of "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth".
These Bible versions explain more:
Colossians 3:5
American Standard Version
5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
Colossians 3:5
Amplified Bible
5 So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God].
Colossians 3:5
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
5 So kill (deaden, [a]deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self and other created things instead of God).
Colossians 3:5
Christian Standard Bible
5 Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
Common English Bible
5 So put to death the parts of your life that belong to the earth, such as sexual immorality, moral corruption, lust, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
Colossians 3:5
Complete Jewish Bible
5 Therefore, put to death the earthly parts of your nature — sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed (which is a form of idolatry);
Colossians 3:5
Contemporary English Version
5 Don't be controlled by your body. Kill every desire for the wrong kind of sex. Don't be immoral or indecent or have evil thoughts. Don't be greedy, which is the same as worshiping idols.
Colossians 3:5
Darby Translation
5 Put to death therefore your members which [are] upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Put To Death The Practices of The Old Person And Put On The New Person
5 Therefore, put-to-death your body-part things[a] on earth— sexual-immorality, impurity, passion[b], evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry
Colossians 3:5
Easy-to-Read Version
5 So put everything evil out of your life: sexual sin, doing anything immoral, letting sinful thoughts control you, and wanting things that are wrong. And don’t keep wanting more and more for yourself, which is the same as worshiping a false god.
Colossians 3:5
Evangelical Heritage Version
The New Creation
5 So put to death whatever is worldly in you: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
English Standard Version
5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:[a] sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
GOD’S WORD Translation
5 Therefore, put to death whatever is worldly in you: your sexual sin, perversion, passion, lust, and greed (which is the same thing as worshiping wealth).
Colossians 3:5
Good News Translation
The Old Life and the New
5 You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry).
Colossians 3:5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature:[a] sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
International Children’s Bible
5 So put all evil things out of your life. Get rid of sexual immorality and impure acts. Don’t let your feelings get out of control. Remove from your life all evil desires. Stop always wanting more and more. This really means living to serve a false god.
Colossians 3:5
International Standard Version
5 So put to death your worldly impulses:[a] sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
Colossians 3:5
J.B. Phillips New Testament
5-7 In so far, then, as you have to live upon this earth, consider yourselves dead to worldly contacts: have nothing to do with sexual immorality, dirty-mindedness, uncontrolled passion, evil desire, and the lust for other people’s goods, which last, remember, is as serious a sin as idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
Lexham English Bible
Put Off the Old Behavior
5 Therefore put to death what is earthly in you[a]: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,
Colossians 3:5
Living Bible
5 Away then with sinful, earthly things; deaden the evil desires lurking within you; have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires; don’t worship the good things of life, for that is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
The Message
5-8 And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God.
Colossians 3:5
Modern English Version
5 Therefore put to death the parts of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
Names of God Bible
5 Therefore, put to death whatever is worldly in you: your sexual sin, perversion, passion, lust, and greed (which is the same thing as worshiping wealth).
Colossians 3:5
New American Standard Bible
5 Therefore, [a]treat the parts of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which [b]amounts to idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 Therefore [a]consider the members of your earthly body as dead to [b]immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which [c]amounts to idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
New Catholic Bible
A New Self.[a] 5 And so you should put to death everything in your nature that is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed (which is idolatry).
Colossians 3:5
New Century Version
5 So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and greed. This is really serving a false god.
Colossians 3:5
New English Translation
5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth:[a] sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion,[b] evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
New International Reader's Version
5 So put to death anything that comes from sinful desires. Get rid of sexual sins and impure acts. Don’t let your feelings get out of control. Remove from your life all evil desires. Stop always wanting more and more. You might as well be worshiping statues of gods.
Colossians 3:5
New Life Version
The Old Person Put Aside
5 Destroy the desires to sin that are in you. These desires are: sex sins, anything that is not clean, a desire for sex sins, and wanting something someone else has. This is worshiping a god.
Colossians 3:5
New Living Translation
5 So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
Colossians 3:5
New Testament for Everyone
Old Clothes, New Clothes
5 So, then, you must kill off the parts of you that belong on the earth: illicit sexual behaviour, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed (which is a form of idolatry).
Kehillah in Colossae 3:5
Orthodox Jewish Bible
5 Therefore, put to death your evarim (members) in the Olam Hazeh: zenut (fornication), debauchery, sensuality, zimmah (licentiousness), and chamdanut (covetousness), which is avodah zarah
Colossians 3:5
The Voice
5 So kill your earthly impulses: loose sex, impure actions, unbridled sensuality, wicked thoughts, and greed (which is essentially idolatry).
Colossians 3:5
Worldwide English (New Testament)
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.
Colossians 3:5
Wycliffe Bible
5 Therefore slay ye your members [Therefore slay your members], which be on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, lechery, evil covetousness, and avarice, which is service of maumets [which is service of simulacra];
In SUMMARY, "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth" (with particular emphasis on "mortify") means:
Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth
put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body
kill (deaden, [a]deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]
put to death what belongs to your earthly nature
put to death the parts of your life that belong to the earth
put to death the earthly parts of your nature
Don't be controlled by your body. Kill every desire
Put to death therefore your members which [are] upon the earth,
put-to-death your body-part things[a] on earth
put everything evil out of your life
put to death whatever is worldly in you
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you
put to death whatever is worldly in you
put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you
put to death what belongs to your worldly nature
put all evil things out of your life
put to death your worldly impulses
consider yourselves dead to worldly contacts
put to death what is earthly in you
Away then with sinful, earthly things; deaden the evil desires lurking within you
killing off everything connected with that way of death
put to death the parts of your earthly nature
put to death whatever is worldly in you
treat the parts of your earthly body as dead
consider the members of your earthly body as dead
put to death everything in your nature that is earthly
put all evil things out of your life
put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth
put to death anything that comes from sinful desires
Destroy the desires to sin that are in you.
put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you
kill off the parts of you that belong on the earth
put to death your evarim (members) in the Olam Hazeh
kill your earthly impulses
put to death those things of this world which are in you
slay ye your members [Therefore slay your members], which be on the earth
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