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# Colossians 03 đź“–
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[[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
[[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]]
[[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
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[[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
#### Exhortations to Seek the Things Above
[[#Verse 01.]]Â Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.Â
[[#Verse 02.]]Â Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,Â
[[#Verse 03.]]Â for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.Â
[[#Verse 04.]] When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.Â
[[#Verse 05.]] So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.Â
[[#Verse 06.]]Â Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
[[#Verse 07.]] You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.Â
[[#Verse 08.]] But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.Â
[[#Verse 09.]]Â Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practicesÂ
[[#Verse 10.]] and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.Â
[[#Verse 11.]] Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.
### Exhortation to Unity and Love
[[# Verse 12]] Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,Â
[[#Verse 13.]] bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.Â
[[#Verse 14.]] And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.Â
[[#Verse 15.]] Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.Â
[[#Verse 17.]] And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
### Exhortation to Households
[[#Verse 18.]] Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 19.]]Â Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.Â
[[#Verse 20.]]Â Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 21.]] Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.Â
[[#Verse 22.]] Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching—like those who are strictly people-pleasers—but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 23.]] Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,Â
[[#Verse 24.]] because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.Â
[[#Verse 25.]] For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there are no exceptions.
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## 🧠Chapter Summary
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#### Today, I can apply this chapter by:
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- "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation."
- "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular."
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- John 1:1 and Genesis 1
- Romans 5 and Genesis 3
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