UST COL Chapter 3

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3 To return to what I said before, is as if God brought you back to life because he included you when he brought the Messiah back to life. Because of this, want you to stay focused on is in heaven, sits to the Father the throne and rules everything. 2 I want you to desire has ready for you in heaven, could have here on earth. 3 You should think this way because is as if you have died. spiritually alive God has united you to the Messiah close relationship with this cannot be seen on earth right now. 4 You are alive because God has united you to the Messiah. Therefore, again to earth and everyone sees him, that time be with everyone will see you become glorious beings like him.

5 Because this is your destiny, of desires you have to do evil things world enemies that you must kill. The evil things that you might desire include having improper sex, impure things, wrong emotions, things, more than you need, same as worshiping another god. 6 Because have these desires, angry with them and will punish them. 7 You, like them, to desires to do evil things. That was when acted out desires. 8 But you have believed, stop behaving in evil ways. These evil ways include acting in angry ways, angry with others, to hurt others, bad about others, words. 9 You must lies another. are not used to be, person normally behaved in these evil ways. 10 You are new person person in whom God is working make you know him more. You are now a person who is like who turned you into new person. 11 Since you are all new people, it is whether anyone is non-Jew Jew, whether anyone is whether anyone is foreigner an uncivilized person, whether anyone is slave not. is the Messiah is most important, has united him to all of you.

12 God chosen you, has set you apart as his own people, loves you. of these things because you are new people, must always behave properly towards others. This includes caring about them, kind to them, being proud, behaving harshly, taking a long time to become angry. 13 You must not easily become irritated one another. people the things they have done, must forgive should imitate one another. 14 Finally, what is more important everything I have said so far that you love one another. doing this will unite yourselves together, as God has called you to do.

15 You must make has given you primary factor what to do. You must do this because has chosen you have peace unites you closely together, as closely as if you were one person’s body. must thanks to God. 16 You focus you think and act. must teach another wisely songs from the Scriptures, about Jesus, songs the Holy Spirit has given to you. must sincerely God.

17 Whenever should behave every situation as people who represent Lord you should thank is our Father. You can do this only because of the work of the Messiah.

18 Wives treat the leaders in their families, is appropriate behavior for those God has united to the Lord. 19 Husbands love

20 Children obey every circumstance. God and is appropriate for those whom God has united to the Lord. 21 Fathers children may feel like giving up.

22 Slaves obey who their masters this world every circumstance. They should obey when their masters are watching, is how who want to please only humans behave. should obey their masters sincerely they treat reverence. 23 You must do you have to do if you were working for the Lord of merely human masters. 24 You must obey and serve in this way because you know Lord justly repay you giving you he has kept for you. Remember that real master for whom you are working. 25 You must remember who the real master is because will punish does wrong proportion to wrong actions. This is because does not judge people based on how they look or who they are but on what they have done.

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