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Colossians 3

Put On the New Self

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Therefore if you have been  araised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is,  bseated at the right hand of God.

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 1 aSet your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

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For you have  adied and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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When Christ,  awho is our life, is revealed,  bthen you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

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 aTherefore  1consider  bthe members of your earthly body as dead to  2 cimmorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which  3amounts to idolatry.

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For it is because of these things that  athe wrath of God will come  1upon the sons of disobedience,

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and  ain them you also once walked, when you were living  1in them.

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But now you also,  aput them all aside:  banger, wrath, malice, slander, and  cabusive speech from your mouth.

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 1 aDo not lie to one another, since you  blaid aside the old  2self with its evil practices,

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and have  aput on the new self who is being  1 brenewed to a true knowledge  caccording to the image of the One who  dcreated him--

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a renewal in which  athere is no distinction between Greek and Jew,  bcircumcised and uncircumcised,  1 cbarbarian, Scythian,  dslave and freeman, but  eChrist is all, and in all.

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So, as those who have been  achosen of God, holy and beloved,  bput on a  cheart of compassion, kindness,  dhumility, gentleness and  1 epatience;

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 abearing with one another, and  bforgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone;  bjust as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

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Beyond all these things put on love, which is  1 athe perfect bond of  bunity.

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Let  athe peace of Christ  1rule in your hearts, to which  2indeed you were called in  bone body; and  3be thankful.

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Let  athe word of  1Christ richly dwell within you,  2with all wisdom  bteaching and admonishing  3one another  cwith psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,  dsinging  4with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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 aWhatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,  bgiving thanks through Him to God the Father.

Family Relations

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 aWives,  bbe subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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 aHusbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

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 aChildren, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing  1to the Lord.

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 aFathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

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 aSlaves, in all things obey those who are your masters  1on earth,  bnot with  2external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

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Whatever you do, do your work  1heartily,  aas for the Lord  2rather than for men,

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 aknowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward  1of  bthe inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you  cserve.

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For  ahe who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and  1 bthat without partiality.



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