1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5 Therefore put to death your members that are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 Because of these things the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience,
7 in which you also once walked, when you lived in them.
8 But now you also put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
10 and have put on the new man, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of him who created him,
11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, servant, free, but Christ is all and in all.
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; just as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
14 And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father through him.
18 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as is proper in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is acceptable to the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they lose heart.
22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.
23 And whatever you do, work at it from the heart, as to the Lord and not to men,
24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he who does wrong will be repaid for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.