Colossians 3:9-17

9Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.

10Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

11In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

12Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

13Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

14Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.

15And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

16Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.

17And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.