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The Book of Colossians, Chapter 3, Verse 1

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If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
American Standard Version
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
New English Translation
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
World English Bible
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
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For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
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When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
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In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
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But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
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Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.
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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;