Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

¹² Characteristics of Life in Common.^[a] As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. ¹³ Bear with one another, and forgive one another if anyone has reason to be offended with another. You must forgive just as the Lord has forgiven you.

¹⁴ Over all these put on love, which is the bond of perfection. ¹⁵ And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because it was for this that you were called together in one body. Always be thankful.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ^[b] with all its richness dwell in you. Teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God with gratitude in your hearts. ¹⁷ 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.