Colossians 3:1-17 Put On the New Self 3  If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2  Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3  For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4  When Christ who is your [ a ] life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5  Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: [ b ] sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6  On account of these the wrath of God is coming. [ c ] 7  In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8  But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9  Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self [ d ] with its practices 10  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in ...