rsv Colossians:3:1-17 SEEK
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If then you have been raised with Christ ,
seek the things that are above ,
where Christ is ,
seated at the right hand of God .
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Set your minds on things that are above ,
not on things that are on earth .
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For you have died ,
and your life is hid with Christ in God .
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When Christ who is our life appears ,
then you also will appear with him in glory .
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Put to death therefore what is earthly in you :
fornication ,
impurity ,
passion ,
evil desire ,
and covetousness ,
which is idolatry .
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On account of these the wrath of God is coming .
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In these you once walked ,
when you lived in them .
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But now put them all away :
anger ,
wrath ,
malice ,
slander ,
and foul talk from your mouth .
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Do not lie to one another ,
seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices
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and have put on the new nature ,
which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator .
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Here there cannot be Greek and Jew ,
circumcised and uncircumcised ,
barbarian ,
Scyth '
ian ,
slave ,
free man ,
but Christ is all ,
and in all .
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Put on then ,
as God '
s chosen ones ,
holy and beloved ,
compassion ,
kindness ,
lowliness ,
meekness ,
and patience ,
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forbearing one another and ,
if one has a complaint against another ,
forgiving each other ;
as the Lord has forgiven you ,
so you also must forgive .
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And above all these put on love ,
which binds everything together in perfect harmony .
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And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts ,
to which indeed you were called in the one body .
And be thankful .
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ,
teach and admonish one another in all wisdom ,
and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God .
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And whatever you do ,
in word or deed ,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus ,
giving thanks to God the Father through him .