1So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God.
2Set your heart on things above, not on things on the earth.
3For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5So put to death the parts of you that belong to the earth: sexual sin, uncleanness, wrong desire, evil longing, and greed, which is idolatry.
6Because of these things the anger of God comes on the children of disobedience.
7You also walked in these ways once, when you lived in them.
8But now you must put all these away: anger, rage, spite, evil speaking, and filthy talk out of your mouth.
9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its deeds,
10and have put on the new self, which is being made new in knowledge, after the image of the one who created him.
11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian, slave or free. But Christ is all, and is in all.
12So, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, put on a heart of mercy, kindness, a humble mind, gentleness, and patience.
13Put up with one another, and forgive one another. If anyone has a complaint against another, forgive as Christ forgave you.
14And over all these things put on love, which binds everything together in perfection.
15Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, for you were called to this peace in one body. And be thankful.
16Let the word of Christ live in you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and warn one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
18Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.
20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord well.
21Fathers, do not stir your children to anger, or they will lose heart.
22Servants, obey your earthly masters in all things. Do not serve only when they are watching, to please people, but serve with a sincere heart, fearing God.
23And whatever you do, do it with all your heart, as for the Lord and not for people,
24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. For you serve the Lord Christ.
25But whoever does wrong will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no favouring of persons.