Colossians 3:5 (WEB)

Passage

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

Colossians 3:5 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Colossians 3:6 for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Colossians 3:7 You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "When Christ our life is revealed then..." into verse 6's "for which things sake the wrath of...", so "death" and "therefore" 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 "death" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.