Colossians 3:5-11 - Put Off The Old Behavior

⁵ So, put to death [i.e., stop practicing the desires of] your physical bodies [such as] sexual immorality, [moral] impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is [in reality] idolatry. ⁶ For the wrath of God will come [upon disobedient people] for practicing such things. ⁷ You people also once lived like this when you practiced these things. ⁸ But now you also should stop practicing them: anger, wrath, malice, slander, filthy language from your mouth. ⁹ Do not lie to one another, since you have put away [the conduct of] your old person with its practices, ¹⁰ and have put on the new person, who is being [daily] renewed with full knowledge, according to the image of God, who [re-] created him. ¹¹ [In this state] there cannot be [such distinctions as] Greek [i.e., Gentile] and Jew; circumcised people and non-circumcised people; barbarian and Scythian [Note: These last two words refer to foreigners whose language was unintelligible and who were uncivilized heathens], or slave and free person; but Christ is all [that is important] and [He is] in all [of His people].