Verš 1
Therefore, if you have risen together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Ef 1:20 - which he wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead and establishing him at his right hand in the heavens,
Verš 3
For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Rim 6:2 - Let it not be so! For how can we who have died to sin still live in sin?
Rim 8:24 - For we have been saved by hope. But a hope which is seen is not hope. For when a man sees something, why would he hope?
2Kor 5:7 - For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
Verš 4
When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Flp 3:21 - who will transform the body of our lowliness, according to the form of the body of his glory, by means of that power by which he is even able to subject all things to himself.
1Jn 3:2 - Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Verš 5
Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,
Ef 4:22 - to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,
Ef 5:3 - But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,
1Sol 4:5 - not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
Ef 5:5 - For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Verš 6
the wrath of God 677 has overwhelmed the sons of unbelief.
1Kor 6:10 - nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:19 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence,
Ef 5:5 - For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Zjv 22:15 - Outside are dogs, and drug users, and homosexuals, and murderers, and those who serve idols, and all who love and do what is false.
Verš 7
You, too, walked in these things, in times past, when you were living among them.
1Kor 6:11 - And some of you were like this. But you have been absolved, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified: all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Ef 2:1 - And you were once dead in your sins and offenses,
Tít 3:3 - For, in times past, we ourselves were also unwise, unbelieving, erring, servants of various desires and pleasures, acting with malice and envy, being hateful and hating one another.
Verš 8
But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.
Ef 4:22 - to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,
Heb 12:1 - Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.
Jak 1:21 - Because of this, having cast away all uncleanness and an abundance of malice, receive with meekness the newly-grafted Word, which is able to save your souls.
1Pt 2:1 - Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.
Verš 9
Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,
Ef 4:25 - Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.
Verš 10
and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,
Rim 6:4 - For through baptism we have been buried with him into death, so that, in the manner that Christ rose from the dead, by the glory of the Father, so may we also walk in the newness of life.
Gn 1:26 - And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
Gn 5:1 - This is the book of the lineage of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.
Gn 9:6 - Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.
1Kor 11:7 - Certainly, a man ought not to cover his head, for he is the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man.
Verš 11
where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.
Gal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 5:6 - For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity.
Gal 6:15 - For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails in any way, but instead there is a new creature.
1Kor 7:21 - Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.
1Kor 12:13 - And indeed, in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit.
Verš 12
Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
Ef 4:32 - And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
Ef 6:11 - Be clothed in the armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the treachery of the devil.
1Sol 1:4 - For we know, brothers, beloved of God, of your election.
Verš 13
Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
Mt 6:14 - For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.
Mk 11:25 - And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins.
Ef 4:32 - And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
Verš 14
And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.
Jn 13:34 - I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
Jn 15:12 - This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Ef 5:2 - And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.
1Sol 4:9 - But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.
1Jn 3:23 - And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
1Jn 4:21 - And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.
Ef 4:3 - Be anxious to preserve the unity of the Spirit within the bonds of peace.
Kol 2:2 - May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.
Verš 16
Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts.
Ef 5:19 - speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts,
Verš 17
Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Ef 5:20 - giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.
1Sol 5:18 - Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.
Verš 18
Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.
Gn 3:16 - To the woman, he also said: “I will multiply your labors and your conceptions. In pain shall you give birth to sons, and you shall be under your husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over you.”
1Kor 14:34 - Women should be silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak; but instead, they should be subordinate, as the law also says.
Ef 5:22 - Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.
Tít 2:5 - be sensible, chaste, restrained, have concern for the household, be kind, be subordinate to their husbands: so that the Word of God may be not blasphemed.
1Pt 3:1 - Similarly also, wives should be subject to their husbands, so that, even if some do not believe the Word, they may benefit without the Word, through the behavior of these wives,
Verš 19
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.
Ef 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,
Verš 20
Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
Ef 6:1 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
Verš 22
Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.
Ef 6:5 - Servants, be obedient to your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ.
1Tim 6:1 - Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor, lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed.
Tít 2:9 - Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting,
1Pt 2:18 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and meek, but also to the unruly.
