Colossians 4:5

4:5 Conduct yourselves ¹  with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

Colossians 3:19

3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

Colossians 1:29

1:29 Toward this goal ²  I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully ³  works in me.

Colossians 3:8

3:8 But now, put off all such things ⁴  as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

¹ tn Grk “walk.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct (L&N 41.11).

² tn The Greek phrase εἴς ὅ (eis Jo, “toward which”) implies “movement toward a goal” and has been rendered by the English phrase “Toward this goal.”

³ tn The prepositional phrase ἐν δυνάμει (en dunamei) seems to be functioning adverbially, related to the participle, and has therefore been translated “powerfully.”

³ tn The Greek article with τὰ πάντα (ta panta) is anaphoric, referring to the previous list of vices, and has been translated here as “all such things.”