Colossians 3
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| If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. |
| Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. |
| For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. |
| When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory. |
| Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; |
| for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: |
| wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; |
| but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth: |
| lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, |
| and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him: |
| where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all. |
| Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; |
| forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: |
| and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness. |
| And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. |
| Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God. |
| And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
| Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. |
| Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. |
| Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord. |
| Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. |
| Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: |
| whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; |
| knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ. |
| For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. |
