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Colossians 3:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Colossians 3:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Now there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian and Scythian,[a] slave and free man. Rather, Christ is all and in all.
12 Characteristics of Life in Common.[b] As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
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- Colossians 3:11 Scythian: the Scythians lived on the steppes of Asia and were regarded as barbarians par excellence.
- Colossians 3:12 The Church is a community of persons bound together by love to give testimony to love. Without ceasing, models must be invented to express this truth. As a community united with the Lord, the Church lives in peace and joy. She lives in faith and mutual pardon, and she puts forth her deepest sentiments in prayer and thanksgiving.
