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| 3:1 | If yee then bee risen with Christ, seeke those things which are aboue, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God: |
| 3:2 | Set your affection on things aboue, not on things on the earth. |
| 3:3 | For yee are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. |
| 3:4 | When Christ, who is our life, shall appeare, then shall yee also appeare with him in glorie. |
| 3:5 | Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie: |
| 3:6 | For which things sake, the wrath of God commeth on the children of disobedience, |
| 3:7 | In the which yee also walked sometime, when ye liued in them. |
| 3:8 | But now you also put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemie, filthy communication out of your mouth. |
| 3:9 | Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the old man with his deedes: |
| 3:10 | And haue put on the new man, which is renued in knowledge, after the image of him that created him, |
| 3:11 | Where there is neither Greeke, nor Iew, circumcision, nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. |
| 3:12 | Put on therefore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercies, kindnesse, humblenesse of minde, meekenesse, long suffering, |
| 3:13 | Forbearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if any man haue a quarrell against any: euen as Christ forgaue you, so also doe yee. |
| 3:14 | And aboue all these things put on charitie, which is the bond of perfectnesse. |
| 3:15 | And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also yee are called in one body: and be yee thankefull. |
| 3:16 | Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalmes, and Hymnes, and Spirituall songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. |
| 3:17 | And whatsoeuer yee doe in word or deed, doe all in the Name of the Lord Iesus, giuing thankes to God and the Father, by him. |
| 3:18 | Wiues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. |
| 3:19 | Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter against them. |
| 3:20 | Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing vnto the Lord. |
| 3:21 | Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. |
| 3:22 | Seruants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh: not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearing God: |
| 3:23 | And whatsoeuer yee doe, doe it heartily, as to the Lord, and not vnto men: |
| 3:24 | Knowing, that of the Lord yee shall receiue the reward of the inheritance: for ye serue the Lord Christ. |
| 3:25 | But he that doeth wrong, shall receiue for the wrong which hee hath done: and there is no respect of persons. |
| 3:1 | Yf ye be rysen now with Christ, seke those thinges then which are aboue where Christ is, syttinge on the righte hande of God. |
| 3:2 | Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue, not on ye thinges that are vpon earth. |
| 3:3 | For ye are deed, and youre life is hyd with Christ in God. |
| 3:4 | But whan Christ or life shal shewe himselfe, the shal ye also appeare with him in glory. |
| 3:5 | Mortifye therfore youre mebres which are vpon earth, whordome, vnclennes, vnnaturall lust, euell concupiscece, and couetousnes, which is a worshippynge of Idols: |
| 3:6 | for which thinges sakes the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of vnbeleue: |
| 3:7 | in the which thinges ye walked some tyme, whan ye lyued in them. |
| 3:8 | But now put all awaye fro you: wrath, fearcenesse, maliciousnes, cursed speakynge, fylthie wordes out of youre mouth. |
| 3:9 | Lye not one to another. Put of ye olde ma with his workes, |
| 3:10 | and put on ye newe, which is renued in knowlege after ye ymage of him that made him: |
| 3:11 | where there is no Greke, Iewe, circumcision, vncircumcision, Barbarous, Sithian, bode, fre: but Christ is all and in all. |
| 3:12 | Now therfore as the electe of God, holy and beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenesse, longe sufferynge, |
| 3:13 | forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, euen so do ye also. |
| 3:14 | But aboue all thinges put on loue, which is the bonde of perfectnesse. |
| 3:15 | And the peace of God rule in youre hertes, to the which (peace) ye are called also in one body: and se yt ye be thanfull. |
| 3:16 | Let ye worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyssdome. Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes, and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them, synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE. |
| 3:17 | And what soeuer ye do in worde or worke, do all in the name of the LORDE Iesu, and geue thankes vnto God the father by him. |
| 3:18 | Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto youre hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORDE. |
| 3:19 | Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them. |
| 3:20 | Ye children, obeye youre elders in all thinges, for that is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE. |
| 3:21 | Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde. |
| 3:22 | Ye seruauntes, be obedient vnto youre bodely masters in all thinges, not with eye seruyce as men pleasers, but in synglenes of hert, fearinge God. |
| 3:23 | What so euer ye do, do it hertely, euen as vnto the LORDE and not vnto men. |
| 3:24 | And be sure, that of the LORDE ye shal receaue the rewarde of ye enheritaunce: For ye serue the LORDE Christ. |
| 3:25 | But he that doth wronge, shal receaue for the wronge that he hath done, for there is no respecte of persons (with God.) |
| 3:1 | Therfor if ye han risun togidere with Crist, seke ye tho thingis that ben aboue, where Crist is sittynge in the riythalf of God. |
| 3:2 | Sauere ye tho thingis, that ben aboue, not tho that ben on the erthe. |
| 3:3 | For ye ben deed, and youre lijf is hid with Crist in God. |
| 3:4 | For whanne Crist schal appere, youre lijf, thanne also ye schulen appere with hym in glorie. |
| 3:5 | Therfor sle ye youre membris, whiche ben on the erthe, fornycacioun, vnclennesse, letcherie, yuel coueitise, and aueryse, which is seruyse of mawmetis; |
| 3:6 | for whiche thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue; |
| 3:7 | in whiche also ye walkiden sum tyme, whanne ye lyueden in hem. |
| 3:8 | But now putte ye awei alle thingis, wraththe, indignacioun, malice, blasfemye and foule word of youre mouth. |
| 3:9 | Nyle ye lie togidere; spuyle ye you fro the elde man with his dedes, and clothe ye the newe man, |
| 3:10 | that is maad newe ayen in to the knowing of God, aftir the ymage of hym that made hym; |
| 3:11 | where is not male and female, hethene man and Jew, circumcisioun and prepucie, barbarus and Scita, bonde man and fre man, but alle thingis and in alle thingis Crist. |
| 3:12 | Therfor ye, as the chosun of God, hooli and louyd, clothe you with the entrailis of merci, benygnite, and mekenesse, temperaunce, pacience; |
| 3:13 | and support ye echon other, and foryyue to you silf, if ony man ayens ony hath a querele; as the Lord foryaf to you, so also ye. |
| 3:14 | And vpon alle these thingis haue ye charite, that is the boond of perfeccioun. |
| 3:15 | And the pees of Crist enioye in youre hertis, in which ye ben clepid in o bodi, and be ye kynde. |
| 3:16 | The word of Crist dwelle in you plenteuousli, in al wisdom; and teche and moneste you silf in salmes, and ympnes, and spiritual songis, in grace synginge in youre hertis to the Lord. |
| 3:17 | Al thing, what euere thing ye don, in word or in dede, alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, doynge thankyngis to God and to the fadir bi hym. |
| 3:18 | Wymmen, be ye sugetis to youre hosebondis, as it bihoueth in the Lord. |
| 3:19 | Men, loue ye youre wyues, and nyle ye be bittere to hem. |
| 3:20 | Sones, obeie ye to youre fadir and modir bi alle thingis; for this is wel plesinge in the Lord. |
| 3:21 | Fadris, nyle ye terre youre sones to indignacioun, that thei be not maad feble hertid. |
| 3:22 | Seruauntis, obeie ye bi alle thingis to fleischli lordis, not seruynge at iye, as plesynge to men, but in symplenesse of herte, dredinge the Lord. |
| 3:23 | What euer ye doen, worche ye of wille, as to the Lord and not to men; |
| 3:24 | witinge that of the Lord ye schulen take yelding of eritage. Serue ye to the Lord Crist. |
| 3:25 | For he that doith iniurie, schal resseyue that that he dide yuele; and acceptacioun of persoones is not anentis God. |
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