Colossians 3

1 If, therefore, ye have been raised together with the Christ, the things on high, be seeking, where, the Christ, is—on the right hand of God, sitting;

If yee then bee risen with Christ, seeke those thinges which are aboue, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.

2 The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:

Set your affections on things which are aboue, and not on things which are on the earth.

3 For ye have died, and, your life, is hid, together with the Christ, in God, —

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4 As soon as, the Christ, shall be made manifest—our life, then, ye also, together with him, shall be made manifest in glory;

When Christ which is our life, shall appeare, then shall ye also appeare with him in glory.

5 Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth—as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry, —

Mortifie therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, vncleannes, the inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnes which is idolatrie.

6 On account of which things cometh the anger of God, —

For the which things sake ye wrath of God commeth on the children of disobedience.

7 Wherein, ye also, walked, at one time, when ye were living in these things;

Wherein ye also walked once, when ye liued in them.

8 But, now, do, ye also, put them all away, —anger, wrath, baseness, defamation, shameful talk out of your mouth:

But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.

9 Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices,

Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,

10 And having put on the new—who is being moulded afresh unto personal knowledge, after the image of him that hath created him, —

And haue put on the newe, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him,

11 Wherein there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, bond, free, —but, all things and in all, Christ:

Where is neither Grecian nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: But Christ is all, and in all things.

12 Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

Now therfore as the elect of God holy and beloued, put on the bowels of mercies, kindnesse, humblenesse of minde, meekenesse, long suffering:

13 Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint, —according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

Forbearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if any man haue a quarel to another: euen as Christ forgaue, euen so doe ye.

14 And, over all these things, love, which is a uniting-bond of completeness;

And aboue all these thinges put on loue, which is the bond of perfectnes.

15 And let, the peace of Christ, act as umpire in your hearts, unto which ye have been called in [one] body, and be thankful:

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which ye are called in one body, and be ye thankfull.

16 Let, the word of the Christ, dwell within you richly, —in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with gratitude, raising song with your hearts unto God:

Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome, teaching and admonishing your owne selues, in Psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs, singing with a grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 And whatsoever ye may be doing, in word, or in work, all things, [do] in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto the Divine Father through him: —

And whatsoeuer ye shall doe, in worde or deede, doe all in the Name of the Lord Iesus, giuing thankes to God euen the Father by him.

18 Ye wives! be submitting yourselves unto your husbands, as is becoming in the Lord;

Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.

19 Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;

Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.

20 Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;

Children, obey your parents in all thing for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.

21 Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened;

Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.

22 Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, —not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, —

Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God.

23 Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men, -

And whatsoeuer ye doe, doe it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men,

24 Knowing that, from the Lord, ye shall duly receive the recompense of the inheritance, —unto the Lord Christ, are ye in service;

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receiue the reward of the inheritance: for ye serue the Lord Christ.

25 For, he that acteth unrighteously, shall get back what he had unrighteously done, and there is no respect of persons;

But he that doeth wrong, shall receiue for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.