This document provides an outline and summary of Colossians 3:5-11. It discusses putting sin to death, putting off the old self, and putting on the new self in Christ. Key points include commanding believers to put immorality, impurity, and evil desires to death since they have new life in Christ. Christians are also told to put aside anger, slander, and lies, as they have taken off the old self and put on the new self through renewal in Christ's image. There are now no distinctions between people in Christ.

1. Our Spiritual Outfit
Colossians 3:5-11

2. I. Our Worthy Savior: Chapters 1-2
A. Introduction 1:1-12
B. Christ is Supreme 1:13-29
C. Complete in Christ 2:1-23
II. The Worthy Walk: Chapters 3:1-4:6
A. The worthy personal walk with Christ 3:1-17
B. The worthy walk with Christ in the home 3:18-21
C. The worthy walk with Christ at work 3:22-4:1
D. The worthy spiritual walk with Christ 4:2-6
III. Closing: 4:7-18

3. Put Sin to Death, vv 5-7
Put off the Old, vv 8-9
Put on the New, vv 10-11

4. Therefore consider the members of your earthly body
as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and greed, which amounts to idolatry. Col 3:5
Therefore, put to death the members of your earthly
bodies from immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and greed, which is idolatry.
Put to death (νεκροω nekroō): imperative, a command!
We are new creatures in Christ (2 Cor 5:17), start living
like it
Sanctification!

5. Position in Christ
Complete: Col 2:10; Eph
1:3
Secure: John 10:28-29
Present Reality in Christ
Abide: John 15:1-5
Good works:
Eph 2:10
Fellowship:
1 John 1:9
Salvation
Acts 16:31; Eph 2:8-9

6. Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as
dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and
greed, which amounts to idolatry. Col 3:5
Immorality (illicit behavior) – You have been bought with
a price! 1 Cor 6:12-20
Impurity (moral impurity) –We have been called to
sanctification! 1 Thess 4:7
Passion (strong desire) – Set your mind on Christ Col 3:2
Evil desire (craving, coveting) – chokes our fruit bearing
ability Mark 4:19
Greed (wanting more than your due) – IS idolatry
Exo 20:4-6

7. Therefore consider the members of your earthly body
as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and greed, which amounts to idolatry. Col 3:5
Romans 6: know your position in Christ, and what He
has done for you, then present yourself as His servant
James 4:1-10: humble yourself; submit to God; flee
from the Devil (and whatever evil makes you stumble),
and draw near to God

8. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God
will come (upon the sons of disobedience), Col 3:6
Sin is bringing God’s wrath
Rev 19:11-21; Is 63:1-6; Zeph 1:14-18
Believers will be with Christ when He comes again
Revelation 19:14; Colossians 3:4
People do not need to be under God’s wrath
Christ paid the penalty, Col 2:13-14
Don’t walk like an unbeliever, v 7

9. But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath,
malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do
not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self
with its evil practices, Colossians 3:8-9
Put aside (ἀποτιθημι: undress, put off, rid one’s self of )
imperative
Middle voice: doing this for our own good
Sins of the mouth, James 3:6-12
Laid aside (ἀπεκδυομαι: take off, disarm) aorist participle
Do not lie, since you have already disarmed the old man

10. … and have put on the new self who is being renewed
to a true knowledge according to the image of the One
who created him— Colossians 3:10
Put on (ἐνδυω enduō: dress, put on clothes) aorist
participle
you have already put on the new man
Believers dressed in new clothes in the kingdom, Matt
22:11
Put on the armor of light, Rom 13:12-14
Put on immortality, 1 Cor 15:53
Renewal based on knowledge of Christ

11. … a renewal in which there is no distinction between
Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised,
barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is
all, and in all. Colossians 3:11
No national distinctions: Greek and Jew
No religious distinctions: circumcised and
uncircumcised
No cultural distinctions: barbarian and Scythian
No economic distinctions: slave and freeman
Christ is sufficient, and we are complete in Him!

12. Put Sin to Death, vv 5-7
Put off the Old, vv 8-9
Put on the New, vv 10-11