Colossians 3:5 (LSB)

Passage

Therefore, consider the members of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:3 For you died and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory.

Colossians 3:5 Therefore, consider the members of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

Colossians 3:6 On account of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,

Colossians 3:7 and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "consider", "members", "earthly", "body", "dead", "sexual", and "immorality". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "consider", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "When Christ who is our life is..." into verse 6's "On account of these things the wrath...", so "therefore" and "consider" belong inside that flow. In Colossians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "consider" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.