Colossians Chapter 3
| 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. |