Colossians Chapter 3 (NASB)
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Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
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Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
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For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
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Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
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For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,
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and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.
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But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, [and] abusive speech from your mouth.
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Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its [evil] practices,
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and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him--
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[a renewal] in which there is no [distinction between] Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.
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So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
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bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
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Beyond all these things [put on] love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
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Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
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Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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Whatever you do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
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Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
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Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
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Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.
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Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who [merely] please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,
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knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
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For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality.
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