| 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. |