¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,^A singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. ¹⁷And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the nameⁱ of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

CHRIST IN YOUR HOME

¹⁸Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.^j ¹⁹Husbands,^k love your wives^l and don’t be bitter^m toward them. ²⁰Children,ⁿ obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. ²¹Fathers,^o do not exasperate^p your children, so that they won’t become discouraged. ²²Slaves, obey your human^q masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.^r ²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people,^s ²⁴knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵For the wrongdoer^t will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.

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Colossians 3:16: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Footnotes

AOr and songs prompted by the Spirit

Cross references

i Jn 14:13; Php 2:10
j Eph 5:22–6:9
k 1Pt 3:1
l Eph 5:25; 1Pt 3:1
m Rv 8:11; 10:9–10
n Gn 3:16; Lv 10:14; Dt 31:12; Ps 37:25; Pr 20:7; Lk 1:7; Ac 2:39; Heb 2:13
o Ps 103:13; Eph 6:4; Heb 11:23
p 2Co 9:2
q Rm 1:3; 4:1; 8:4–5,12–13; 9:3,5; 1Co 1:26; 10:18; 2Co 1:17; 5:16; 10:2–3; 11:18; Gl 4:23,29; Eph 6:5
r Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
s Eph 6:7
t Rv 2:11