Colossians 3:12-14
12Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. <a class="
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Context
Paul wrote to believers in Colossae about their new life in Jesus. in chapter 3 he uses a clothing picture.
first he tells them to take off old habits like anger and lying, the way you take off dirty clothes.
then he says to put on new ones, like compassion, kindness and patience, and over everything to wear love.
What it means
how you treat people says a lot about who you follow. Jesus said people would know his followers by their love.
did you know? see John 13:35. Jesus said love is how the world would recognize his disciples.
Think about it
which quality in verse 12 do you most need to put on this week?
Try this
choose one person who is hard to be kind to and show them one specific kindness.
pray: God, help me put on kindness and love today.
talk about it: who is hard for you to be patient with right now?