Colossians 3

¹Therefore, if you have risen together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

²Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

³For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God.

⁴When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

⁵Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,

⁶the wrath of God has overwhelmed the sons of unbelief.

⁷You, too, walked in these things, in times past, when you were living among them.

⁸But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.

⁹Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,

¹⁰and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,

¹¹where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.

¹²Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.

¹³Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.

¹⁴And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.

¹⁵And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.

¹⁶Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts.

¹⁷Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

¹⁸Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.

²²Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.

²⁴For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.

²⁵For whoever causes injury shall be repaid for what he has wrongfully done. And there no favoritism with God.

Colossians 3

¹Therefore if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

²Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

³For you are dead: and your life is hid with Christ in God.

⁴When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory.

⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence and covetousness, which is the service of idols.

⁶For which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of unbelief.

⁷In which you also walked some time, when you lived in them.

⁸But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth.

⁹Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with his deeds,

¹⁰And putting on the new, him who is renewed unto knowledge, according to the image of him that created him.

¹¹Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all and in all.

¹²Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:

¹³Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another. Even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also.

¹⁴But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.

¹⁵And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful.

¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly: in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God.

¹⁷All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

¹⁸Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them.

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

²¹Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged.

²²Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh: not serving to the eye, as pleasing men: but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

²³Whatsoever you do, do it from the heart, as to the Lord, and not to men:

²⁴Knowing that you shall receive of the Lord the reward of inheritance. Serve ye the Lord Christ.

²⁵For he that doth wrong shall receive for that which he hath done wrongfully. And there is no respect of persons with God.