Colossians 3

¹If then you have been raised with Christ , seek the things that are above , where Christ is , seated at the right hand of God .

²Set your minds on things that are above , not on things that are on earth .

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

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

⁵Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality , impurity , passion , evil desire , and covetousness , which is idolatry .

⁶On account of these the wrath of God is coming .

⁷In these you too once walked , when you were living in them .

⁸But now you must put them all away : anger , wrath , malice , slander , and obscene talk from your mouth .

⁹Do not lie to one another , seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

¹⁰and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator .

¹¹Here there is not Greek and Jew , circumcised and uncircumcised , barbarian , Scythian , slave , free ; but Christ is all , and in all .

¹²Put on then , as God’s chosen ones , holy and beloved , compassionate hearts , kindness , humility , meekness , and patience ,

¹³bearing with one another and , if one has a complaint against another , forgiving each other ; as the Lord has forgiven you , so you also must forgive.

¹⁴And above all these put on love , which binds everything together in perfect harmony .

¹⁵And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts , to which indeed you were called in one body . And be thankful .

¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly , teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom , singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs , with thankfulness in your hearts to God .

¹⁷And whatever you do , in word or deed , do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus , giving thanks to God the Father through him .

¹⁸Wives , submit to your husbands , as is fitting in the Lord .

¹⁹Husbands , love your wives , and do not be harsh with them .

²⁰Children , obey your parents in everything , for this pleases the Lord .

²¹Fathers , do not provoke your children , lest they become discouraged .

²²Bondservants , obey in everything those who are your earthly masters , not by way of eye-service , as people-pleasers , but with sincerity of heart , fearing the Lord .

²³Whatever you do , work heartily , as for the Lord and not for men ,

²⁴knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward . You are serving the Lord Christ .

²⁵For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done , and there is no partiality .