Colossians - Chapter 3 | American Standard Version

  • 1. If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
  • 2. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
  • 3. For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • 4. When Christ, {cf15i who is} our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
  • 5. Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
  • 6. for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience:
  • 7. wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;
  • 8. but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
  • 9. lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
  • 10. and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
  • 11. where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
  • 12. Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
  • 13. forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
  • 14. and above all these things {cf15i put on} love, which is the bond of perfectness.
  • 15. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were 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 with psalms {cf15i and} hymns {cf15i and} spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
  • 17. And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, {cf15i do} all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • 18. Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting 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 in the Lord.
  • 21. Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
  • 22. Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
  • 23. whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
  • 24. knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
  • 25. For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
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