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.

Colossians 3

¹If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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

⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

⁶For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

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

⁸But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

⁹Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

¹⁰And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

¹¹Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

¹²Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

¹³Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

¹⁴And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

¹⁵And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

¹⁷And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

¹⁸Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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

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

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

²²Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

²³And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

²⁴Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

²⁵But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.