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Colossians 3:11–14

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Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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From verse 11

  1. Galatians 3:28–29Rank 1 from verse 11
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    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

    29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  2. 1 Corinthians 12:13Rank 2 from verse 11
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    13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

  3. Romans 10:12Rank 3 from verse 11
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    12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

  4. Ephesians 3:6Rank 4 from verse 11
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    6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

  5. Ephesians 1:23Rank 5 from verse 11
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    23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

From verse 12

  1. Ephesians 4:32Rank 1 from verse 12
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    32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

  2. Ephesians 4:2Rank 2 from verse 12
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    2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

  3. 1 John 4:19Rank 3 from verse 12
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    19We love him, because he first loved us.

  4. 2 Peter 1:5–8Rank 4 from verse 12
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    5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

    6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

    8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  5. Galatians 5:22–23Rank 5 from verse 12
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

    23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

From verse 13

  1. Ephesians 4:32Rank 1 from verse 13
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    32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

  2. Mark 11:25Rank 2 from verse 13
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    25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

  3. James 2:13Rank 3 from verse 13
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    13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  4. Ephesians 4:2Rank 4 from verse 13
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    2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

  5. Matthew 6:14–15Rank 5 from verse 13
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    14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

    15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

From verse 14

  1. 1 Peter 4:8Rank 1 from verse 14
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    8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

  2. Ephesians 5:2Rank 2 from verse 14
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    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:1–13Rank 3 from verse 14
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    1THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

    2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

    3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

    4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

    5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

    6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

    7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

    8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

    9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

    10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

    11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

    12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

    13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

  4. Colossians 2:2Rank 4 from verse 14
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    2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

  5. John 13:34Rank 5 from verse 14
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    34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Colossians 3:11

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Greek

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Sense 1: A Greek person or one belonging to the Greek-speaking world. Sense 2: The Greek language.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

circumcision

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Sense 1: The cutting off of the foreskin. Sense 2: Persons identified with that bodily sign.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

COMBINED MEANING

uncircumcision

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Sense 1: The state of not being circumcised. Sense 2: Uncircumcised persons considered as a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

bond

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Sense 1: A binding tie or obligation. Sense 2: The condition of servitude or captivity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

free

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Sense 1: At liberty; released or exempt from bondage, confinement, service, obligation, dominion, guilt, or other restraint. Sense 2: Unrestrained, unobstructed, or at liberty to act or proceed. Sense 3: Willing, voluntary, liberal, or unreserved. Sense 4: Given or received without price, payment, or purchase.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Colossians 3:12

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

put on

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1. To place upon, clothe, or cover. 2. To assume a character, identity, conduct, or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

elect

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Sense 1: Chosen or selected. Sense 2: As a noun, one or more who are chosen.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

bowels

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1. Figuratively, deep inward feeling or affection, especially compassion, mercy, or distress; also one deeply loved. 2. The inward organs or inner parts of the body. 3. The womb or inward bodily source of offspring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mind

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Sense 1: The inward faculty and activity of understanding, thought, memory, attention, judgment, intention, purpose, desire, disposition, resolve, or consent; what one thinks, wills, regards, or sets attention upon. Sense 2: To mind is to attend to, regard, remember, purpose, or be disposed toward something.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Colossians 3:13

COMBINED MEANING

forbearing

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Refraining, holding back, patiently enduring, tolerating, sparing, or withholding speech or action; bearing with another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

forgiving

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of forgive, meaning to pardon an offence, remit a debt, or release from the penalty or resentment connected with it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Colossians 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

put on

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1. To place upon, clothe, or cover. 2. To assume a character, identity, conduct, or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

charity

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Love that seeks another's good.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bond

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Sense 1: A binding tie or obligation. Sense 2: The condition of servitude or captivity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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