Colossians 3:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Bowels

1 John 3:17

Mercies

General references

Leviticus 20:7

Bible References

Bowels

Look from heaven, and see from the lofty residence of your holiness and glory. Where [are] your zeal and strength? {Your compassion} and mercy to me hold themselves back.

[Is] Ephraim my dear son, or [the] child of [my] delight? For {as often as} I have earnestly spoken against him, I still remember him. {Therefore} my bowels are turbulent for him, surely I will have compassion on him," {declares} Yahweh.

because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,

Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.

But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need} and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?

Mercies

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,

complete my joy, so that {you are in agreement}, having the same love, united in spirit, {having one purpose}.

See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward one another and toward all [people].

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,

And finally, all [of you be] harmonious, sympathetic, showing mutual affection, compassionate, humble,

and [for] this same [reason], and [by] applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,

We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

General references

" 'And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I [am] Yahweh your God.