Col. 3:5 in context
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Colossians 3:5

As a consequence of this, now kill everything within you that belongs to the earth (refuse to obey these evil desires and animalistic impulses):
illicit sex (fornication, the Greek word porneia is used here, and the root word means “to sell oneself into slavery.” Our word “pornography” is a compound word of precisely this word porneia and grafo, which means “something written or drawn,” i.e., a description either in text or graphically of someone selling themselves sexually).
impurity (sexual impurity in thought and action, debauchery, more focus on moral impurity than the physical act),
lust (unbridled sexual desire),
evil desire (a more general word than the previous one, referring to all unholy desires),
and especially greed (a disproportionate self-fixation, an excessive desire for more and more material things, often through callously exploiting others), which is idolatry.
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Nestle-Aland (NA)

Νεκρώσατε   οὖν   τὰ   μέλη   τὰ   ἐπὶ   τῆς   γῆς,   πορνείαν,   ἀκαθαρσίαν,   πάθος,   ἐπιθυμίαν   κακὴν   καὶ   τὴν   πλεονεξίαν   ἥτις   ἐστὶν   εἰδωλολατρία,  

Textus Receptus (TR)

Νεκρώσατε   οὖν   τὰ   μέλη   ὑμῶν   τὰ   ἐπὶ   τῆς   γῆς,   πορνείαν,   ἀκαθαρσίαν,   πάθος,   ἐπιθυμίαν   κακὴν   καὶ   τὴν   πλεονεξίαν   ἥτις   ἐστὶν   εἰδωλολατρία,  

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NA has 19 words, TR has 20 (+1).


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3499
 Νεκρώσατε (Nekrosate)
 do put to death
VERB Verb
aorist active imp. aorist active imperative
pl. second person plural
V-AAM-2P
G3767
 οὖν (oyn)
 therefore
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3588
 τὰ (ta)
 the
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
T-APN
G3196
 μέλη (mele)
 members
Noun Noun
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
N-APN
G3588
 τὰ (ta)
 which [are]
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
T-APN
G1909
 ἐπὶ (epi)
 upon
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3588
 τῆς (tes)
 the
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
T-GSF
G1093
 γῆς, (ges,)
 earth:
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
N-GSF
G4202
 πορνείαν, (porneian,)
 sexual immorality,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
N-ASF
G0167
 ἀκαθαρσίαν, (akatharsian,)
 impurity,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
N-ASF
G3806
 πάθος, (pathos,)
 passion,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
N-ASN
G1939
 ἐπιθυμίαν (epithymian)
 desire
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
N-ASF
G2556
 κακὴν (kaken)
 evil,
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
A-ASF
G2532
 καὶ (kai)
 and
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3588
 τὴν (ten)
Definite article Definite article
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
T-ASF
G4124
 πλεονεξίαν (pleonexian)
 covetousness,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
N-ASF
G3748
 ἥτις (etis)
 which
Relative pron. Relative pronoun
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
R-NSF
G1510
 ἐστὶν (estin)
 is
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-PAI-3S
G1495
 εἰδωλολατρία, (eidololatria,)
 idolatry,
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
N-NSF

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