COL 3:11 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

UST Since you are all new people, it is not important whether anyone is a non-Jew or a Jew, or whether anyone is circumcised or not, or whether anyone is a foreigner or an uncivilized person, or whether anyone is a slave or not. Instead, it is the Messiah who is most important, and God has united him to all of you.

BSB Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

BLB where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave, and free; but Christ is all and in all.

AICNT where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but [the] all and in all is Christ.

OEB In that new life there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all! – and in all!

WEBBE where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Christ is all, and in all.

WMBB where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Messiah is all, and in all.

NET Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

LSV where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman, but Christ [is] all and in all.

FBV In this new situation there's no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, foreigner, barbarian,[fn] slave or free, for Christ is everything, and he lives in all of us.

3:11 Literally, “Scythian,” a “barbarian” people from what is now southern Russia, the Ukraine, and Central Asia.

TCNT Here there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free, but Christ is all and in all.

T4T As a result of that, it is not important whether anyone is a non-Jew or a Jew, or whether anyone is circumcised or not, or whether anyone is a foreigner, or even uncivilized, or whether anyone is a slave or not a slave. But what is important is Christ, who is supremely important in every way.

LEB where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all, and in all.
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BBE Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.

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Wymth In that new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free man, but Christ is everything and is in all of us.

ASV where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

DRA Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all, and in all.

YLT where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman — but the all and in all — Christ.

Drby wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ [is] everything, and in all.

RV where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman: but Christ is all, and in all.

Wbstr Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

KJB-1769 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

KJB-1611 Where there is neither Greeke, nor Iew, circumcision, nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
(Where there is neither Greeke, nor Yew, circumcision, nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.)

Bshps Where is neither Greke nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Sythian, bonde, free: but Christe is all, and in all.
(Where is neither Greke nor Yewe, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Sythian, bonde, free: but Christ is all, and in all.)

Gnva Where is neither Grecian nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: But Christ is all, and in all things.
(Where is neither Grecian nor Yewe, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: But Christ is all, and in all things. )

Cvdl where there is no Greke, Iewe, circumcision, vncircumcision, Barbarous, Sithian, bode, fre: but Christ is all and in all.
(where there is no Greke, Yewe, circumcision, uncircumcision, Barbarous, Sithian, bode, fre: but Christ is all and in all.)

TNT where is nether gentile ner Iewe circumcision nor vncircumcision Barbarous or Sithian bonde or fre: but Christe is all in all thynges.
(where is neither gentile nor Yewe circumcision nor uncircumcision Barbarous or Sithian bonde or fre: but Christ is all in all things. )

Wycl where is not male and female, hethene man and Jew, circumcisioun and prepucie, barbarus and Scita, bonde man and fre man, but alle thingis and in alle thingis Crist.
(where is not male and female, heathen man and Yew, circumcisioun and prepucie, barbarus and Scita, bonde man and free man, but all things and in all things Christ.)

Luth da nicht ist Grieche, Jude, Beschneidung, Vorhaut, Ungrieche, Scythe, Knecht, Freier, sondern alles und in allen Christus.
(da not is Grieche, Yude, Beschneidung, Vorhaut, Ungrieche, Scythe, Knecht, Freier, rather all/everything and in all Christ.)

ClVg ubi non est gentilis et Judæus, circumcisio et præputium, Barbarus et Scytha, servus et liber: sed omnia, et in omnibus Christus.
(ubi not/no it_is gentilis and Yudæus, circumcisio and præputium, Barbarus and Scytha, servus and liber: but everything, and in to_all Christus. )

UGNT ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος, ἀλλὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν Χριστός.
(hopou ouk eni Hellaʸn kai Youdaios, peritomaʸ kai akrobustia, barbaros, Skuthaʸs, doulos, eleutheros, alla panta kai en pasin Ⱪristos.)

SBL-GNT ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος, ἀλλὰ ⸀τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν Χριστός.
(hopou ouk eni Hellaʸn kai Youdaios, peritomaʸ kai akrobustia, barbaros, Skuthaʸs, doulos, eleutheros, alla ⸀ta panta kai en pasin Ⱪristos.)

TC-GNT ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος· ἀλλὰ [fn]τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσι Χριστός.
(hopou ouk eni Hellaʸn kai Youdaios, peritomaʸ kai akrobustia, barbaros, Skuthaʸs, doulos, eleutheros; alla ta panta kai en pasi Ⱪristos. )

3:11 τα ¦ — TH WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὅπου

where

Here Paul refers to the “new man” from the previous verse as if it were a place one could be in. This means that the word where refers to the new situation of those who have put on this “new man.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this idea by identifying those who have put on the “new man” as the ones addressed by this verse. Alternate translation: (start a new sentence) “For those who have put on the new man,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

οὐκ ἔνι

not there_is

Here, Paul speaks as if none of the kinds of people he mentions exist in this new situation. The Colossians would have understood this as a way to emphasize how little the differences between all these kinds of people matter once they have died and risen with Christ. They all fit into the category of the “new man” now. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this idea without the hyperbole by emphasizing the new unity of people from all these categories. Alternate translation: [all people are the same,]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος

not there_is Greek and Jew circumcision and uncircumcision foreigner Scythian slave free

All these terms are nouns that refer to groups of people that are characterized by the trait that the noun names. These words do not refer to just one person. If your language has a way to categorize people by characteristics, you could use that form here. Alternate translation: [there are no Greek and Jewish people, circumcised and uncircumcised people, barbaric people, Scythian people, enslaved people, free people]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

βάρβαρος

foreigner

The word barbarian was used by people who spoke Greek to describe anyone who did not speak Greek. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this idea with a word such as “foreign.” Alternate translation: [alien]

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

Σκύθης

Scythian

The word Scythian was used to describe a nomadic group of people who were fierce warriors. It was also used to describe those who behaved in similar ways, who were often considered rough or rude. If it would be helpful in your language, you could add an adjective before Scythian to clarify its connotation, or you could use a comparable label. Alternate translation: [uncivilized Scythian] or [rough Scythian]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πάντα καὶ & Χριστός

all_‹things› and & Christ_‹is›

Here Paul speaks of Christ as being all things. By this, he means that none of the categories he just listed matter because Christ is the only person who matters. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a verb such as “matters” or a noun such as “importance.” Alternate translation: [Christ is all that matters, and he is]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν πᾶσιν

in all_‹things›

Again, Paul speaks of those who have died and risen with Christ. Here, instead of speaking of the Colossians being “in Christ,” he reverses the form, just as he did in 1:27: Christ is in all of those who believe in him. If possible, translate this expression the same way you translated “Christ in you” in 1:27. Alternate translation: [is united to all of you]

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