Colossians · Catholic Public Domain Version
Colossians 3 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Therefore, if you have risen together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
1 SI habéis pues resucitado con Cristo, buscad las cosas de arriba, donde está Cristo sentado á la diestra de Dios.
1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
2 Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
2 Poned la mira en las cosas de arriba, no en las de la tierra.
2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
3 For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God.
3 Porque muertos sois, y vuestra vida está escondida con Cristo en Dios.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
4 Cuando Cristo, vuestra vida, se manifestare, entonces vosotros también seréis manifestados con él en gloria.
4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
5 Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,
5 Amortiguad, pues, vuestros miembros que están sobre la tierra: fornicación, inmundicia, molicie, mala concupiscencia, y avaricia, que es idolatría:
5 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 the wrath of God has overwhelmed the sons of unbelief.
6 Por las cuales cosas la ira de Dios viene sobre los hijos de rebelión.
6 For these things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
7 You, too, walked in these things, in times past, when you were living among them.
7 En las cuales vosotros también anduvisteis en otro tiempo viviendo en ellas.
7 You also once walked in those, when you lived in them,
8 But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.
8 Mas ahora, dejad también vosotros todas estas cosas: ira, enojo, malicia, maledicencia, torpes palabras de vuestra boca.
8 but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,
9 No mintáis los unos á los otros, habiéndoos despojado del viejo hombre con sus hechos,
9 Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
10 and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,
10 Y revestídoos del nuevo, el cual por el conocimiento es renovado conforme á la imagen del que lo crió;
10 and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
11 where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.
11 Donde no hay Griego ni Judío, circuncisión ni incircuncisión, bárbaro [ni] Scytha, siervo [ni] libre; mas Cristo es el todo, y en todos.
11 where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
12 Vestíos pues, como escogidos de Dios, santos y amados, de entrañas de misericordia, de benignidad, de humildad, de mansedumbre, de tolerancia;
12 Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
13 Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
13 Sufriéndoos los unos á los otros, y perdonándoos los unos á los otros si alguno tuviere queja del otro: de la manera que Cristo os perdonó, así también hacedlo vosotros.
13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
14 And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.
14 Y sobre todas estas cosas [vestíos de] caridad, la cual es el vínculo de la perfección.
14 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
15 And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.
15 Y la paz de Dios gobierne en vuestros corazones, á la cual asimismo sois llamados en un cuerpo; y sed agradecidos.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts.
16 La palabra de Cristo habite en vosotros en abundancia en toda sabiduría, enseñándoos y exhortándoos los unos á los otros con salmos é himnos y canciones espirituales, con gracia cantando en vuestros corazones al Señor.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
17 Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
17 Y todo lo que hacéis, sea de palabra, ó de hecho, [hacedlo] todo en el nombre del Señor Jesús, dando gracias á Dios Padre por él.
17 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
18 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.
18 Casadas, estad sujetas á vuestros maridos, como conviene en el Señor.
18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.
19 Maridos, amad á vuestras mujeres, y no seáis desapacibles con ellas.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
20 Hijos, obedeced á vuestros padres en todo; porque esto agrada al Señor.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
21 Padres, no irritéis á vuestros hijos, porque no se hagan de poco ánimo.
21 Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.
22 Siervos, obedeced en todo á vuestros amos carnales, no sirviendo al ojo, como los que agradan á los hombres, sino con sencillez de corazón, temiendo á Dios:
22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
23 Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.
23 Y todo lo que hagáis, hacedlo de ánimo, como al Señor, y no á los hombres;
23 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
24 For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.
24 Sabiendo que del Señor recibiréis la compensación de la herencia: porque al Señor Cristo servís.
24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
25 For whoever causes injury shall be repaid for what he has wrongfully done. And there no favoritism with God.
25 Mas el que hace injuria, recibirá la injuria que hiciere; que no hay acepción de personas.
25 But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Romans 8:6; Matthew 6:33; 2 Corinthians 4:18; Colossians 3:2; Matthew 6:20
- 2 1 John 2:15–17; 1 Chronicles 22:19; Colossians 3:1; Matthew 16:23; Romans 8:4–6
- 3 Galatians 2:20; Romans 6:2; Colossians 2:20; John 5:24; Romans 8:2
- 4 John 11:25; 1 John 3:2; Galatians 2:20; 1 Peter 1:13; Philippians 3:21
- 5 Romans 8:13; Galatians 5:19–21; Galatians 5:24; 1 Peter 2:11; Romans 6:13
- 6 Ephesians 5:6; Romans 1:18; 1 Peter 1:14; Ezekiel 16:45–46; Revelation 22:15
- 7 Ephesians 2:2; 1 Peter 4:3–4; Romans 6:19–20; Titus 3:3; 1 Corinthians 6:11
- 8 Ephesians 4:29; Ephesians 4:22; James 1:20–21; Ephesians 5:4; Colossians 3:5
- 9 Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 4:25; Leviticus 19:11; Romans 6:6; John 8:44
- 10 Ephesians 4:23–24; Romans 12:2; Colossians 3:12; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17
- 11 Galatians 3:28–29; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 10:12; Ephesians 3:6; Ephesians 1:23
- 12 Ephesians 4:32; Ephesians 4:2; 1 John 4:19; 2 Peter 1:5–8; Galatians 5:22–23
- 13 Ephesians 4:32; Mark 11:25; James 2:13; Ephesians 4:2; Matthew 6:14–15
- 14 1 Peter 4:8; Ephesians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 13:1–13; Colossians 2:2; John 13:34
- 15 John 14:27; Philippians 4:6–7; Isaiah 26:3; Romans 15:13; Psalm 29:11
- 16 Psalm 119:11; Ephesians 5:19; John 15:7; Romans 10:17; Jeremiah 15:16
- 17 1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:23; Proverbs 3:6; Ephesians 5:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:18
- 18 Ephesians 5:22–6:9; Titus 2:4–5; 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Peter 3:1–6; Genesis 3:16
- 19 1 Peter 3:7; Genesis 2:23–24; Ephesians 5:25; Colossians 3:21; Ephesians 5:28–29
- 20 Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1–3; Proverbs 6:20; Matthew 19:19; Matthew 15:4–6
- 21 Proverbs 4:1–4; Ephesians 6:4; Psalm 103:13; Proverbs 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:11
- 22 Ephesians 6:5–7; Galatians 1:10; 1 Timothy 6:1–2; 1 Peter 2:18–19; Titus 2:9–10
- 23 Colossians 3:17; Ephesians 6:6–7; Romans 14:8; 2 Chronicles 31:21; Ecclesiastes 9:10
- 24 Ephesians 6:8; Acts 20:32; Galatians 1:10; Luke 14:14; 1 Corinthians 7:22
- 25 Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Deuteronomy 10:17; Ephesians 6:9
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