Colossians 3

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things above, not on the things on earth, for you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, your life, is revealed, then you too will be revealed with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. You too once walked in these things, when you lived in them. But now you too must put away all these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old self with its practices and put on the new, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator. Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcision or uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all. Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with deep compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord forgave you, so you must also do. And above all these put on love, which is the bond of perfection. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they do not lose heart. Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only when watched, as people pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work wholeheartedly, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You serve the Lord Christ. For the one who does wrong will receive back the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

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