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title: Colossians 3
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createdAt: 2024-09-15T02:28:03.444Z
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**1 **If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. **2 **Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. **3 **For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. **4 **When Christ, *who is* our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

**5 **Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: **6 **For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: **7 **In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. **8 **But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. **9 **Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; **10 **And have put on the new *man*, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: **11 **Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond *nor* free: but Christ *is* all, and in all.

**12 **Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; **13 **Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also *do* ye. **14 **And above all these things *put on* charity, which is the bond of perfectness. **15 **And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. **16 **Let 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. **17 **And 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.

**18 **Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. **19 **Husbands, love *your* wives, and be not bitter against them. **20 **Children, obey *your* parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. **21 **Fathers, provoke not your children *to anger*, lest they be discouraged.

**22 **Servants, obey in all things *your* masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: **23 **And whatsoever ye do, do *it* heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; **24 **Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. **25 **But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.