[1] If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are
above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your minds
on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. [3] For you have
died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. [4] When Christ who is our
life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. [5] Put to death
therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil
desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. [6] On account of these the
wrath of God is coming. [7] In these you once walked, when you lived in
them. [8] But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and
foul talk from your mouth. [9] Do not lie to one another, seeing that you
have put off the old nature with its practices [10] and have put on the new
nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
[11] Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised,
barbarian, Scyth'ian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all. [12]
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness,
lowliness, meekness, and patience, [13] forbearing one another and, if one
has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has
forgiven you, so you also must forgive. [14] And above all these put on
love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. [15] And let the
peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the
one body. And be thankful. [16] Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,
teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. [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. [18] Wives, be subject to your
husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. [19] Husbands, love your wives, and do
not be harsh with them. [20] Children, obey your parents in everything, for
this pleases the Lord. [21] Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest
they become discouraged. [22] Slaves, obey in everything those who are your
earthly masters, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of
heart, fearing the Lord. [23] Whatever your task, work heartily, as serving
the Lord and not men, [24] knowing that from the Lord you will receive the
inheritance as your reward; you are serving the Lord Christ. [25] For the
wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no
partiality.
