Colossians 3:12

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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;

Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

“Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My

heart yearns for him;

I will surely have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.

Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.