Colossians 3:5–14

⁵Put to death,^b therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:^c sexual immorality,^d impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,^e which is idolatry.^{f 6}Because of these, the wrath of God^g is coming.^{b 7}You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.^{h 8}But now you must also rid yourselvesⁱ of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,^j and filthy language from your lips.^{k 9}Do not lie to each other,^l since you have taken off your old self^m with its practices ¹⁰and have put on the new self,ⁿ which is being renewed^o in knowledge in the image of its Creator.^{p 11}Here there is no Gentile or Jew,^q circumcised or uncircumcised,^r barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,^s but Christ is all,^t and is in all.

¹²Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves^u with compassion, kindness, humility,^v gentleness and patience.^{w 13}Bear with each other^x and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.^{y 14}And over all these virtues put on love,^z which binds them all together in perfect unity.^a