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| 3:1 |
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
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| 3:2 |
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth,
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| 3:3 |
for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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| 3:4 |
When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
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| 3:5 |
Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
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| 3:6 |
On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.
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| 3:7 |
These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life.
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| 3:8 |
But now you must get rid of all such things-- anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.
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| 3:9 |
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices
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| 3:10 |
and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.
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| 3:11 |
In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!
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| 3:12 |
As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
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| 3:13 |
Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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| 3:14 |
Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
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| 3:15 |
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
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| 3:16 |
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.
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| 3:17 |
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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| 3:18 |
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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| 3:19 |
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
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| 3:20 |
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is your acceptable duty in the Lord.
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| 3:21 |
Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart.
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| 3:22 |
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched and in order to please them, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
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| 3:23 |
Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters,
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| 3:24 |
since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.
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| 3:25 |
For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong has been done, and there is no partiality.
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