Colossians 3:1-11

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,^(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.^(B) ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.^(C) ³For you died,^(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your^[a] life,^(E) appears,^(F) then you also will appear with him in glory.^(G)

⁵Put to death,^(H) therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:^(I) sexual immorality,^(J) impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,^(K) which is idolatry.^(L) ⁶Because of these, the wrath of God^(M) is coming.^[b] ⁷You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.^(N) ⁸But now you must also rid yourselves^(O) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,^(P) and filthy language from your lips.^(Q) ⁹Do not lie to each other,^(R) since you have taken off your old self^(S) with its practices ¹⁰and have put on the new self,^(T) which is being renewed^(U) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.^(V) ¹¹Here there is no Gentile or Jew,^(W) circumcised or uncircumcised,^(X) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,^(Y) but Christ is all,^(Z) and is in all.

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Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our
Colossians 3:6 Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient

Psalm 145:10-13

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¹⁰All your works praise you,^(A) Lord;
    your faithful people extol^(B) you.^(C)
¹¹They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(D)
    and speak of your might,^(E)
¹²so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(F)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(G)
¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(H)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(I) in all he promises^(J)
and faithful in all he does.^[a]

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.

Luke 6:20-26

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²⁰Looking at his disciples, he said:

“Blessed are you who are poor,
    for yours is the kingdom of God.^(A)
²¹Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.^(B)
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.^(C)
²²Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you^(D) and insult you^(E)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.^(F)

²³“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,^(G) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.^(H)

²⁴“But woe to you who are rich,^(I)
    for you have already received your comfort.^(J)
²⁵Woe to you who are well fed now,
    for you will go hungry.^(K)
Woe to you who laugh now,
    for you will mourn and weep.^(L)
²⁶Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,
    for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.^(M)