G3588–ὁ–ho

In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not performed by hand, when you threw off your sinful nature in true Christian circumcision;

τῇ tēa “the”τοῦ tou “of the”τῶν tōn “of the”τῆς tēs “of the”τῇ tēa “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

having been buried with Him in your baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith produced within you by God who raised Him from among the dead.

τῷ tō “<the>”τῆς tēs “the”τῆς tēs “of the”τοῦ tou “<the>”τοῦ tou “the [One who]”τῶν tōn “the”

And to you--dead as you once were in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your natural state--He has nevertheless given Life with Himself, having forgiven us all our transgressions.

τοῖς tois “the”τῇ tēa “in the”τῆς tēs “of the”τὰ ta “the”

The bond, with its requirements, which was in force against us and was hostile to us, He cancelled, and cleared it out of the way, nailing it to His Cross.

τὸ to “the”τοῖς tois “in the”τοῦ tou “the”τῷ tō “to the”

And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over them.

τὰς tas “the”τὰς tas “the”

These were a shadow of things that were soon to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

τῶν tōn “of the [things]”τὸ to “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts.

τῶν tōn “of the”τοῦ tou “the”τῆς tēs “of the”

Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.

τὴν tēn “to the”τὸ to “the”τῶν tōn “the”τὴν tēn “with the”τοῦ tou “<the>”

If you have died with Christ and have escaped from the world's rudimentary notions, why, as though your life still belonged to the world, do you submit to such precepts as

τῷ tō “<the>”τῶν tōn “the”τοῦ tou “of the”

referring to things which are all intended to be used up and perish--in obedience to mere human injunctions and teachings?

τῇ tēa “with the”τὰ ta “the”τῶν tōn “<the>”

These rules have indeed an appearance of wisdom where self-imposed worship exists, and an affectation of humility and an ascetic severity. But not one of them is of any value in combating the indulgence of our lower natures.

τῆς tēs “of the”

If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand.

τῷ tō “<the>”τὰ ta “the [things]”ὁ ho “<the>”τοῦ tou “<the>”

Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.

τὰ ta “The [things]”τὰ ta “the [things]”τῆς tēs “the”

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

ἡ hē “the”τῷ tō “<the>”τῷ tō “<the>”

When Christ appears--He is our true Life--then you also will appear with Him in glory.

ὁ ho “<the>”ἡ hē “the”

Therefore put to death your earthward inclinations--fornication, impurity, sensual passion, unholy desire, and all greed, for that is a form of idolatry.

τὰ ta “the”τὰ ta “which [are]”τῆς tēs “the”τὴν tēn “<the>”

It is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming,

ἡ hē “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”τοὺς tous “the”τῆς tēs “<the>”

But now you must rid yourselves of every kind of sin--angry and passionate outbreaks, ill-will, evil speaking, foul-mouthed abuse--so that these may never soil your lips.

τὰ ta “<the>”τοῦ tou “the”

Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings,

τὸν ton “the”ταῖς tais “the”

and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it.

τὸν ton “the”τὸν ton “which”τοῦ tou “of the [one who]”

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.

τὰ ta “<the>”

Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

τοῦ tou “<the>”

bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive.

ὁ ho “the”

And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union;

τὴν tēn “[put on] the”τῆς tēs “<the>”

and let the peace which Christ gives settle all questionings in your hearts, to which peace indeed you were called as belonging to His one Body; and be thankful.

ἡ hē “the”τοῦ tou “<the>”ταῖς tais “the”