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Berean Standard Bible

“Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.”

Colossians 3:5

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Paul has just told the Colossians to set their minds on things above, because they died with Christ and their life is hidden with him in God. The next section draws practical conclusions from that new identity.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

World English Bible (WEB)

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

King James Version (KJV)

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

American Standard Version (ASV)

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Amortiguad, pues, vuestros miembros que están sobre la tierra: fornicación, inmundicia, molicie, mala concupiscencia, y avaricia, que es idolatría:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¡Hagan morir todo lo que viene de la naturaleza pecaminosa! Apártense de los pecados sexuales, las impurezas, las pasiones bajas y vergonzosas y del deseo de acumular más y más cosas, pues eso es idolatría.

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