| Colossians 3 | ||
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| Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. | |
| Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. | |
| For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. | |
| When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. | |
| Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. | |
| For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, | |
| and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. | |
| But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, {and} abusive speech from your mouth. | |
| Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its {evil} practices, | |
| and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- | |
| {a renewal} in which there is no {distinction between} Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. | |
| So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; | |
| bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. | |
| Beyond all these things {put on} love, which is the perfect bond of unity. | |
| Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. | |
| Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms {and} hymns {and} spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. | |
| Whatever you do in word or deed, {do} all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. | |
| Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. | |
| Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. | |
| Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. | |
| Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. | |
| Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who {merely} please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. | |
| Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, | |
| knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. | |
| For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality. |
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