From a letter written by the apostle Paul,
with Timotheus (Timothy),
to believers in Colosse:
to believers in Colosse:
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 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. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word of deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.-Colossians 3:8-17***In a divinely inspired letter sent from the apostle Paul (Saul), with Timothy (Timotheus), to believers in Colosse, some characteristics of believers are described. Paul's letter reveals that among people who have accepted Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, who had been crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven, as their Lord and Savior, outbursts, impulses of anger, and abusive and disgraceful language are to be stripped, renounced and laid aside. The new attire for believers, whether Israelites or Gentiles, circumcised or uncircumcised, native born or foreigners, civilized or uncivilized, free or enslaved, is compassion, usefulness, humility, lowliness, patience, and most of all charity, which is love. Paul was an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel, and Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin. Timothy's mother Eunice was an Israelite and Timothy's father was a Gentile, a person not born into the Israelite tribes.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Colossians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy
Reference Information:
Barbarian = barbaros = a foreigner who speaks neither Greek nor Latin, an uncultured person
charity = agapen/agape/agapao = love, goodwill, benevolence
perfectness = teleiotetos/teleiotes/teleios = perfect unity, completeness, maturity, fulfillment
Scythian = Skythes/Skuthes = an inhabitant of Scythia, a savage
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