But now you must also rid yourselves(A) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(B) and filthy language from your lips.(C) Do not lie to each other,(D) since you have taken off your old self(E) with its practices 10 and have put on the new self,(F) which is being renewed(G) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(H) 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew,(I) circumcised or uncircumcised,(J) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,(K) but Christ is all,(L) and is in all.

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves(M) with compassion, kindness, humility,(N) gentleness and patience.(O) 13 Bear with each other(P) and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.(Q) 14 And over all these virtues put on love,(R) which binds them all together in perfect unity.(S)

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