The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians

 1 If ye then be ^arisen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

 2 Set your ^aaffection on ^bthings ^cabove, not on things on the ^dearth.

 3 For ye are ^adead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

 4 When Christ, who is our ^alife, shall ^bappear, then shall ye also appear with him in ^cglory.

 5 ^aMortify therefore your ^bmembers which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, ^cinordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and ^dcovetousness, which is ^eidolatry:

 6 For which things’ sake the ^awrath of God cometh on the children of ^bdisobedience:

 7 In the which ye also walked ^asome time, when ye lived in them.

 8 But now ye also ^aput off all these; ^banger, wrath, ^cmalice, ^dblasphemy, filthy ^ecommunication out of your mouth.

 9 ^aLie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the ^bold man with his deeds;

 10 And have put on the ^anew man, which is renewed in knowledge after the ^bimage of him that ^ccreated him:

 11 Where there is neither ^aGreek nor Jew, ^bcircumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

 12 Put on therefore, as the ^aelect of God, holy and beloved, ^bbowels of ^cmercies, ^dkindness, ^ehumbleness of mind, ^fmeekness, longsuffering;

 13 ^aForbearing one another, and ^bforgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

 14 And above all these things put on ^acharity, which is the bond of perfectness.

 15 And let the ^apeace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye ^bthankful.

 16 Let the ^aword of Christ dwell in you richly in all ^bwisdom; ^cteaching and admonishing one another in psalms and ^dhymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, ^ado all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving ^bthanks to God and the Father by him.

 18 ^aWives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

 19 ^aHusbands, ^blove your wives, and be not bitter against them.

 20 ^aChildren, ^bobey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

 21 ^aFathers, ^bprovoke not your children to ^canger, lest they be discouraged.

 22 ^aServants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in ^bsingleness of heart, ^cfearing God:

 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it ^aheartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall ^areceive the ^breward of the ^cinheritance: for ye ^dserve the Lord Christ.

 25 But he that doeth ^awrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no ^brespect of persons.