Colossians 3:11
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
13 Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- KJV
- Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- WEB
- where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.
- ASV
- where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
- DARBY
- wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ [is] everything, and in all.
- BLB
- where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ [is] all and in all.
- ÅB
- her er ikke greker og jøde, omskjærelse og forhud, barbar, skyter, slave, fri, men Kristus er alt og i alle.
- OTB
- Her er det ingen forskjell mellom greker eller jøde, omskåret eller uomskåret, barbar, skyter, slave eller fri, men Kristus er alt, og i alle.
- B1930
- her er ikke greker og jøde, omskjærelse og forhud, barbar, skyter, træl, fri, men Kristus er alt og i alle.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 3:28–29
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:13
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
Read in contextRomans 10:12
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
Read in contextEphesians 3:6
This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextEphesians 1:23
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Read in contextRomans 9:24–26
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
Read in contextRomans 3:29
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Read in contextGalatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
Read in context