Colossians 3:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
Colossians 3:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Colossians 3:519 words
ΝεκρώσατεNekrōsatebe dead, mortify
οὖνounand (so, truly), but
τὰtathe
μέληmelēmember
τὰtathe
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
τῆςtēsthe
γῆςgēscountry, earth(-ly), ground
πορνείανporneianfornication
ἀκαθαρσίανakatharsianuncleanness
πάθοςpathos(inordinate)
affection, lust
ἐπιθυμίανepithymianconcupiscence, desire, lust (after)
κακήνkakēnbad, evil, harm
καὶkaiand / also
τὴνtēnthe
πλεονεξίανpleonexiancovetous(-ness) practices, greediness
ἥτιςhētis(they), (such) as, (they) that
ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I
εἰδωλολατρίαeidōlolatria
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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