The Letter to the Colossians focuses its addressees in Chapter 3 on their identity as Christians, clothed in virtue and love, which transcends all other differences to bring 'perfect harmony' in the body of Christ (3:1-17). The metaphor of clothing that expresses the identity of Christians is juxtaposed to some specific identities that have their own clothing links. This paper will contrast the specific clothing images that are portrayed by 'Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free' (3:11) with the image of the new person with which the Christian community are to be clothed. This combination of ethnic, religious, cultural and socio-economic status is unique to the Letter to the Colossians and gives a particular insight to this community. Specifically the addition of the barbarian/Scythian pairing colours the situation in Colossae beyond previous Pauline antitheses (1 Cor 12:13 and Gal 3:28). For this reason the argument will particularly feature the Scythian/barbarian images and their impact on how the Christian community came together in harmony and identified themselves with Christ in one body. This investigation of the use of clothing as an identity marker highlights the difficulties that a Christian community faced in constructing and maintaining its identity through clothing metaphor in an environment where there were competing identities that were reinforced by actual clothing and stylized images that carried meaning.