Colossians 3:12-17 (NRSVCE)
As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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Put away the old reactions and then clothe yourself, put on deliberately, in your thinking, these seven qualities that reflect the life and temperament of Jesus. Compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness (meekness), patience, forbearance (bear with one another) and forgiveness (forgiving one another).
You do things you do not like because you offer them willingly to the Lord as a sweet sacrifice to him. If you love someone you will do things for his or her sake that you do not particularly like doing. If we love the Lord we offer to him the activities of our day; we do everything with a view to his glory. Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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We have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. (1 John 4:16)
Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
(1 John 3:18)
Forgive, if you have anything against anyone so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. (Mark 11:25)
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