₁You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right-hand side of God. ₂Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth. ₃For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ₄Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!

₅You 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). ₆Because of such things God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him. ₇At one time you yourselves used to live according to such desires, when your life was dominated by them.

₈But now you must get rid of all these things: anger, passion, and hateful feelings. No insults or obscene talk must ever come from your lips. ₉Do not lie to one another, for you have taken off the old self with its habits ₁₀and 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. ₁₁As 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.