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Put On the New Self
1 Therefore if you have been
Araised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is,
Bseated at the right hand of God.
2 1ASet your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
3 For you have
Adied and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ,
Awho is our life, is revealed,
Bthen you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
5 ATherefore
1consider
Bthe members of your earthly body as dead to
2Cimmorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which
3amounts to idolatry.
6 For it is because of these things that
Athe wrath of God will come
1upon the sons of disobedience,
7 and
Ain them you also once walked, when you were living
1in them.
8 But now you also,
Aput them all aside:
Banger, wrath, malice, slander,
and Cabusive speech from your mouth.
9 1ADo not lie to one another, since you
Blaid aside the old
2self with its
evil practices,
10 and have
Aput on the new self who is being
1Brenewed to a true knowledge
Caccording to the image of the One who
Dcreated him—
11 a renewal in which
Athere is no
distinction between Greek and Jew,
Bcircumcised and uncircumcised,
1Cbarbarian, Scythian,
Dslave and freeman, but
EChrist is all, and in all.
12 So, as those who have been
Achosen of God, holy and beloved,
Bput on a
Cheart of compassion, kindness,
Dhumility, gentleness and
1Epatience;
13 Abearing with one another, and
Bforgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone;
Bjust as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
14 Beyond all these things
put on love, which is
1Athe perfect bond of
Bunity.
15 Let
Athe peace of Christ
1rule in your hearts, to which
2indeed you were called in
Bone body; and
3be thankful.
16 Let
Athe word of
1Christ richly dwell within you,
2with all wisdom
Bteaching and admonishing
3one another
Cwith psalms
and hymns
and spiritual songs,
Dsinging
4with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
17 AWhatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
Bgiving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Family Relations
18 AWives,
Bbe subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 AHusbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
20 AChildren, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing
1to the Lord.
21 AFathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.
22 ASlaves, in all things obey those who are your masters
1on earth,
Bnot with
2external service, as those who
merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
23 Whatever you do, do your work
1heartily,
Aas for the Lord
2rather than for men,
24 Aknowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward
1of
Bthe inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you
Cserve.
25 For
Ahe who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and
1Bthat without partiality.