10 And have put on the new, [a]which is renewed in [b]knowledge after the image of him that created him,

11 [c]Where is neither Grecian nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: But Christ is all, and in all things.

12 Now therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, [d]put on the [e]bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering:

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:10 Newness of life consisteth in knowledge, which transformeth man to the image of God his maker, that is to say, to the sincerity and pureness of the whole soul.
  2. Colossians 3:10 He speaketh of an effectual knowledge.
  3. Colossians 3:11 He telleth them again, that the Gospel doth not respect those external things, but true justification and sanctification in Christ only, which have many fruits, as he reckoneth them up here: But commendeth two things especially, to wit, godly concord, and continual study of God’s word.
  4. Colossians 3:12 So put on, that you never put off.
  5. Colossians 3:12 Those most tender affections of exceeding compassion.

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