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Colossians 2

## The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians

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| # Chapter 3
#### 1 | If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
#### 2 | Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
#### 3 | For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
#### 4 | When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
#### 5 | Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
#### 6 | for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience:
#### 7 | wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;
#### 8 | but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
#### 9 | lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
#### 10 | and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
#### 11 | where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
#### 12 | Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
#### 13 | forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
#### 14 | and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness.
#### 15 | And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.
#### 16 | Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
#### 17 | And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
#### 18 | Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
#### 19 | Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
#### 20 | Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
#### 21 | Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
#### 22 | Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
#### 23 | whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
#### 24 | knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
#### 25 | For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

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