of wiſedome in will-worſhip and humilitie, and ǁǁ Or, puniſhing, or not ſparing. neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the ſatiſtying of the fleſh.
CHAP. III.
1 Hee ſheweth where wee ſhould ſeeke Chriſt. 5 Hee exhorteth to mortification, 10 to put off the olde man, and to put on Chriſt, 12 exhorting to charitie, humilitie, and other ſeuerall dueties.
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F yee then bee riſen with Chriſt, ſeeke thoſe things which are aboue, where Chriſt ſitteth on the right hand of God:
2 Set your ǁǁ Or, minde. affection on things aboue, not on things on the earth.
3 For yee are dead, and your life is hid with Chriſt in God.
4 When Chriſt, who is our life, ſhall appeare, then ſhall yee alſo appeare with him in glorie.
5 Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleanneſſe, inordinate affection, euill concupiſcence, and couetouſneſſe, which is idolatrie:
6 For which things ſake, the wrath of God commeth on the children of diſobedience,
7 In the which yee alſo walked ſometime, when ye liued in them.
8 But now you alſo put off all theſe, anger, wrath, malice, blaſphemie, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, ſeeing that yee haue put off the old man with his deedes:
10 And haue put on the new man, which is renued in knowledge, after the image of him that created him,
11 Where there is neither Greeke, nor Iew, circumciſion, nor vncircumciſion, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, nor free: but Chriſt is all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercies, kindneſſe, humbleneſſe of minde, meekeneſſe, long ſuffering,
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if any man haue a ǁǁ Or, complaint. quarrell againſt any: euen as Chriſt forgaue you, ſo alſo doe yee.
14 And aboue all theſe things put on charitie, which is the bond of perfectneſſe.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which alſo yee are called in one body: and be yee thankefull.
16 Let the word of Chriſt dwell in you richly in all wiſdome, teaching and admoniſhing one another Pſalmes, and Hymnes, and Spirituall ſongs, ſinging with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatſoeuer yee doe in word or deed, doe all in the name of the Lord Ieſus, giuing thankes to God and the Father, by him.
18 Wiues, ſumbit your ſelues vnto your owne huſbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Huſbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter againſt them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleaſing vnto the Lord.
21 Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, leſt they be diſcouraged.
22 Seruants, obey in all things your maſters according to the fleſh: not with eye ſeruice as men pleaſers, but in ſingleneſſe of heart, fearing God:
23 And whatſoeuer yee doe, doe it heartily, as to the Lord, and not vnto men:
24 Knowing, that of the Lord yee ſhall receiue the reward of the inheritance: for ye ſerue the Lord Chriſt.
25 But he that doeth wrong, ſhall receiue for the wrong which hee hath done: and there is no reſpect of perſons.
CHAP. IIII.
1 Hee exhorteth them to bee feruent in prayer, 5 to walke wiſely toward them that are not yet come to the true knowledge of Chriſt. 10 Hee ſaluteth them, and wiſheth them all proſperitie.
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Aſters, giue vnto your ſeruants that which is iust and equall, knowing that yee alſo haue a Maſter in heauen.
2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the ſame with thankeſgiuing:
3 Withall, praying alſo for vs, that God would open vnto vs a doore of vtterance, to ſpeake the myſtery of Chriſt, for which I am alſo in bonds:
4 That I may make it manifeſt, as I ought to ſpeake.
5 Walke in wiſdome toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
6 Let your ſpeech bee alway with
