3Colossians 3

1If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,Select Colossians 3:1

2the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,Select Colossians 3:2

3for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;Select Colossians 3:3

4when the Christ--our life--may be manifested, then also we with him shall be manifested in glory.Select Colossians 3:4

5Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--Select Colossians 3:5

6because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,Select Colossians 3:6

7in which also ye--ye did walk once, when ye lived in them;Select Colossians 3:7

8but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.Select Colossians 3:8

9Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,Select Colossians 3:9

10and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;Select Colossians 3:10

11where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman--but the all and in all--Christ.Select Colossians 3:11

12Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,Select Colossians 3:12

13forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;Select Colossians 3:13

14and above all these things, have love, which is a bond of the perfection,Select Colossians 3:14

15and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.Select Colossians 3:15

16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;Select Colossians 3:16

17and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.Select Colossians 3:17

18The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;Select Colossians 3:18

19the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;Select Colossians 3:19

20the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;Select Colossians 3:20

21the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.Select Colossians 3:21

22The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;Select Colossians 3:22

23and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,Select Colossians 3:23

24having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance--for the Lord Christ ye serve;Select Colossians 3:24

25and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.Select Colossians 3:25