19 Now ^bthe works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,¹ drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^cthose who do² such things ^dwill not ^einherit the kingdom of God. 22 But ^fthe fruit of the Spirit is ^glove, ^hjoy, ⁱpeace, ^jpatience, ^kkindness, ^lgoodness, ^mfaithfulness, 23 ⁿgentleness, ^oself-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And ^pthose who ^qbelong to Christ Jesus have ^rcrucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

5 ^jPut to death therefore what is earthly in you:¹ sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, ^kwhich is idolatry. 6 ^lOn account of these the wrath of God is coming.² 7 ^mIn these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But ⁿnow you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 ^oDo not lie to one another, seeing that you have ^pput off the ^qold self³ with its practices 10 and have ^rput on the ^snew self, which is being ^trenewed in knowledge ^uafter the image of its creator. 11 Here there is ^vnot Greek and Jew, ^wcircumcised and uncircumcised, ^xbarbarian, Scythian, ^yslave,⁴ free; but Christ is all, and in all.

12 ^zPut on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^acompassionate hearts, ^bkindness, ^chumility, ^dmeekness, and ^epatience, 13 bearing with one another and, ^fif one has a complaint against another, ^gforgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And ^habove all these put on love, which ⁱbinds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the ^jpeace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were ^kcalled in ^lone body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and ^madmonishing one another in all wisdom, ⁿsinging psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Marks of the True Christian

9 Let love be ^agenuine. ^bAbhor what is evil; ^chold fast to what is good. 10 ^dLove one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing ^ehonor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be ^ffervent in spirit,¹ serve the Lord. 12 ^gRejoice in hope, ^hbe patient in tribulation, ⁱbe constant in prayer. 13 ^jContribute to the needs of the saints and ^kseek to show hospitality.

14 ^lBless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 ^mRejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 ⁿLive in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.² Never be wise in your own sight. 17 ^oRepay no one evil for evil, but ^pgive thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, ^qlive peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, ^rnever avenge yourselves, but leave it³ to the wrath of God, for it is written, ^s“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, ^t“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.