Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Indeed, whatever you say or do, let everything be done in dependence on the Lord Jesus, giving thanks in his name to God the Father.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Holman Bible
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name
International Standard Version
And whatever you do, whether by speech or action, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
A Conservative Version
And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.
American Standard Version
And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Amplified
Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
An Understandable Version
And whatever you do, whether in [your] words or actions, do everything in the name [i.e., by the authority] of Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Anderson New Testament
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Bible in Basic English
And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
Common New Testament
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
let your discourse and your actions be all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.
Darby Translation
And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.
Godbey New Testament
and every thing whatsoever you may do, in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Goodspeed New Testament
And whatever you have to say or do, do it all as followers of the Lord Jesus, and offer your thanksgiving to God the Father through him.
John Wesley New Testament
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto God and the Father through him.
Julia Smith Translation
And all whatever you do in word and in work, all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
King James 2000
And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and everything {whatever} you do in word or in deed, giving thanks [for] all [things] in the name of the Lord Jesus to God the Father through him.
Modern King James verseion
And everything, whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And all things, whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.
Montgomery New Testament
And whatever you do, whether in word of in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God our Father through him.
NET Bible
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
New Heart English Bible
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.
Noyes New Testament
and whatever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God, the Father, through him.
Sawyer New Testament
and whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God [and] Father through him.
The Emphasized Bible
And whatsoever ye may be doing, in word, or in work, all things, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto the Divine Father through him: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And everything that ye do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And, whatever you say or do, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus; and through him offer thanksgiving to God the father.
Webster
And whatever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Weymouth New Testament
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.
Williams New Testament
And whatever you say or do, let it all be done with reference to the Lord Jesus, and through Him continue to give thanks to God the Father.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
And whatsoever ye do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Worsley New Testament
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to our God and Father by Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.
Themes
Deeds » Doing all things in the name of the lord jesus Christ
Jesus Christ » In his name » Prayer
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord jesus
Thankfulness » Should be offered » Through Christ
Interlinear
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Usage: 2128
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 3:17
Devotionals containing Colossians 3:17
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 3:17
Prayers for Colossians 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Appeal For New Behavior
16 Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts. 17 Indeed, whatever you say or do, let everything be done in dependence on the Lord Jesus, giving thanks in his name to God the Father. 18 Wives, be subject to your husbands; that is your proper duty in the Lord.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, let it be all done for the glory of God.
Ephesians 5:20
and render thanks to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at all times and for all things.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever be your task, work at it heartily, as servants of the Lord and not of men;
Matthew 28:19
go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,
Acts 19:17
This came to the ears of all the inhabitants of Ephesus, Jews as well as Greeks; awe fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Romans 1:8
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because the report of your faith is over all the world.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.
1 Peter 2:5
come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.
1 Peter 4:11
If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.
1 John 2:23
No one who disowns the Son can possess the Father: he who confesses the Son possesses the Father as well.
1 John 3:18
My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real.
Acts 4:30
when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus."
Romans 14:6-8
the man who values a particular day does so to the Lord. The eater eats to the Lord, since he thanks God for his food; the non-eater abstains to the Lord, and he too thanks God.
Ephesians 1:17
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation for the knowledge of himself,
Philippians 1:11
your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.
Philippians 2:11
and every tongue confess that 'Jesus Christ is Lord,' to the glory of God the Father.
Colossians 1:12
thanking the Father who has qualified us to share the lot of the saints in the Light,
1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace and peace to you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
thank God for everything ??such is his will for you in Christ Jesus;
2 Thessalonians 2:17
graciously encourage your hearts and strengthen them for all good in deed and word.
Hebrews 1:5
For to what angel did God ever say, 'Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father'? Or again, 'I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me'?
Hebrews 13:15
And by him let us constantly offer praise to God as our sacrifice, that is, the fruit of lips that celebrate his Name.
Colossians 2:7
fixed and founded in him, confirmed in the faith as you have been taught it, and overflowing with thankfulness to God.