3: 1 If then ye were awakened together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
3: 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
3: 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
3: 4 When Christ who is ⁴⁴your life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
⁴⁴So p⁴⁶ℵC 33 81 cop^bo arm vg. B 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa read our life,

3: 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
3: 6 for which things’ sake cometh the wrath of God ⁴⁵upon the sons of the disobedience:
⁴⁵So ℵCA I 1739 33 81 and most, cop^bo arm vg. p⁴⁶B D*^vid cop^sa almost alone omit upon the sons of the disobedience See Ep 5:6.

3: 7 ⁴⁶wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;
⁴⁶Or, amongst whom

3: 8 but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
3: 9 lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
3: 10 and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
3: 11 where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman: but Christ is all things, and in all.
3: 12 Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
3: 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as ⁴⁷the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
⁴⁷So p⁴⁶BA D* vg. C 1739 81 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa,bo read Christ ℵ* almost alone reads God 33 arm alone read God in Christ

3: 14 and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
3: 15 And let the peace of Christ ⁴⁸rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.
⁴⁸Gk. arbitrate

3: 16 Let the word ⁴⁹of Christ dwell in you ⁵⁰richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing ⁵¹one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
⁴⁹So p⁴⁶ℵB 1739 81 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., cop^sa arm vg. C*A 33 read of God ℵ* I cop^bo read of the Lord
⁵⁰Or, richly in all wisdom; teaching etc.
⁵¹Or, yourselves

3: 17 And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to ⁵²God the Father through him.
⁵²So p^46vidℵBCA 1739 81 cop^sa,bo. 33 (1175) and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm vg read the God and Father or, God, even the Father

3: 18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
3: 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
3: 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
3: 21 Fathers, ⁵³provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
⁵³So p^46vidℵB 1739* and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg. CA 33 81 arm read anger not

3: 22 ⁵⁴Servants, obey in all things them that are your ⁵⁵masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, and men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
⁵⁴Gk. Bondservants,
⁵⁵Gk. lords

3: 23 whatsoever ye do, work ⁵⁶heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
⁵⁶Gk. from the soul,

3: 24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
3: 25 For he that doeth wrong shall ⁵⁷receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
⁵⁷Gk. receive again the wrong