So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.

Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men,

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

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

Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful.

accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.

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

Because of these, God’s wrath comes on the disobedient,

Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.

When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.

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

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knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.

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

Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity.

Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.