| 1: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. |
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| 2: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the
earth. |
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For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
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| 4: When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also
appear with him in glory. |
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| 5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry: |
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| 6: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children
of disobedience: |
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| 7: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
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| 8: But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. |
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| 9: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old
man with his deeds; |
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| 10: And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge
after the image of him that created him: |
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| 11: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all,
and in all. |
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| 12: Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering; |
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| 13: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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| 14: And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond
of perfectness. |
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| 15: And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which
also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. |
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| 16: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. |
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| 17: And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. |
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| 18: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit
in the Lord. |
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| 19: Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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| 20: Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well
pleasing unto the Lord. |
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| 21: Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be
discouraged. |
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| 22: Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the
flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart,
fearing God: |
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| 23: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not
unto men; |
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| 24: Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the
inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. |
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| 25: But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he
hath done: and there is no respect of persons. |
