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[1] Therfor if ye han risun togidere with Crist, seke ye tho thingis that ben aboue, where Crist is sittynge in the riythalf of God.
[2] Sauere ye tho thingis, that ben aboue, not tho that ben on the erthe.
[3] For ye ben deed, and youre lijf is hid with Crist in God.
[4] For whanne Crist schal appere, youre lijf, thanne also ye schulen appere with hym in glorie.
[5] Therfor sle ye youre membris, whiche ben on the erthe, fornycacioun, vnclennesse, letcherie, yuel coueitise, and aueryse, which is seruyse of mawmetis;
[6] for whiche thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue;
[7] in whiche also ye walkiden sum tyme, whanne ye lyueden in hem.
[8] But now putte ye awei alle thingis, wraththe, indignacioun, malice, blasfemye and foule word of youre mouth.
[9] Nyle ye lie togidere; spuyle ye you fro the elde man with his dedes, and clothe ye the newe man,
[10] that is maad newe ayen in to the knowing of God, aftir the ymage of hym that made hym;
[11] where is not male and female, hethene man and Jew, circumcisioun and prepucie, barbarus and Scita, bonde man and fre man, but alle thingis and in alle thingis Crist.
[12] Therfor ye, as the chosun of God, hooli and louyd, clothe you with the entrailis of merci, benygnite, and mekenesse, temperaunce, pacience;
[13] and support ye echon other, and foryyue to you silf, if ony man ayens ony hath a querele; as the Lord foryaf to you, so also ye.
[14] And vpon alle these thingis haue ye charite, that is the boond of perfeccioun.
[15] And the pees of Crist enioye in youre hertis, in which ye ben clepid in o bodi, and be ye kynde.
[16] The word of Crist dwelle in you plenteuousli, in al wisdom; and teche and moneste you silf in salmes, and ympnes, and spiritual songis, in grace synginge in youre hertis to the Lord.
[17] Al thing, what euere thing ye don, in word or in dede, alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, doynge thankyngis to God and to the fadir bi hym.
[18] Wymmen, be ye sugetis to youre hosebondis, as it bihoueth in the Lord.
[19] Men, loue ye youre wyues, and nyle ye be bittere to hem.
[20] Sones, obeie ye to youre fadir and modir bi alle thingis; for this is wel plesinge in the Lord.
[21] Fadris, nyle ye terre youre sones to indignacioun, that thei be not maad feble hertid.
[22] Seruauntis, obeie ye bi alle thingis to fleischli lordis, not seruynge at iye, as plesynge to men, but in symplenesse of herte, dredinge the Lord.
[23] What euer ye doen, worche ye of wille, as to the Lord and not to men;
[24] witinge that of the Lord ye schulen take yelding of eritage. Serue ye to the Lord Crist.
[25] For he that doith iniurie, schal resseyue that that he dide yuele; and acceptacioun of persoones is not anentis God.
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