[a](A)Do not lie to one another, since you (B)stripped off the old [b]self with its evil practices, 10 and have (C)put on the new self, which is being [c](D)renewed to a true knowledge (E)according to the image of the One who (F)created it— 11 a renewal in which (G)there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, (H)circumcised and uncircumcised, [d](I)barbarian, [e]Scythian, (J)slave, and free, but (K)Christ is all, and in all.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:9 Or Stop lying
  2. Colossians 3:9 Lit person
  3. Colossians 3:10 Lit renovated
  4. Colossians 3:11 I.e., uncultured
  5. Colossians 3:11 I.e., a member of an ancient people near the Black Sea, often considered unrefined

Do not lie to each other,(A) since you have taken off your old self(B) with its practices 10 and have put on the new self,(C) which is being renewed(D) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(E) 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew,(F) circumcised or uncircumcised,(G) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,(H) but Christ is all,(I) and is in all.

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