¹⁶^*Christ’s message in all its richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct each other with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts. ¹⁷^*Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks through him to God the Father.

Personal Relations in the New Life

¹⁸^*Wives, submit to your husbands, for that is what you should do as Christians.

¹⁹^*Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

²⁰^*Children, it is your Christian duty to obey your parents always, for that is what pleases God.

²¹^*Parents, do not irritate your children, or they will become discouraged.

²²^*Slaves, obey your human masters in all things, not only when they are watching you because you want to gain their approval; but do it with a sincere heart because of your reverence for the Lord. ²³^*Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for human beings. ²⁴^*Remember that the Lord will give you as a reward what he has kept for his people. For Christ is the real Master you serve. ²⁵^*And wrongdoers will be repaid for the wrong things they do, because God judges everyone by the same standard.

Read in Logos

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.

Cross references

*3.16, 17: Eph 5:19, 20
*3.16, 17: Eph 5:19, 20
*3.18: Eph 5:22; 1 P 3:1
*3.19: Eph 5:25; 1 P 3:7
*3.20: Eph 6:1
*3.21: Eph 6:4
*3.22–25: Eph 6:5–8
*3.22–25: Eph 6:5–8
*3.22–25: Eph 6:5–8
*3.22–25: Eph 6:5–8 3.25: Dt 10:17; Eph 6:9