Colossians 3

¹Therefore, if you have risen together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God

²Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth

³For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God

⁴When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory

⁵Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols

⁶the wrath of God has overwhelmed the sons of unbelief

⁷You, too, walked in these things, in times past, when you were living among them

⁸But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth

⁹Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds

¹⁰and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him

¹¹where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone

¹²Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience

¹³Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do

¹⁴And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection

¹⁵And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful

¹⁶Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts

¹⁷Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him

¹⁸Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord

²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart

²²Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men

²⁴For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord

²⁵For whoever causes injury shall be repaid for what he has wrongfully done. And there no favoritism with God