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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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Put.

Col. 3:10• ¹⁰and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to the image of him that has created him; (Col. 3:10)

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Eph. 4:24• ²⁴and your having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness. (Eph. 4:24)

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Isa. 42:1• ¹Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. (Isa. 42:1)

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Isa. 45:4• ⁴For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name; I surnamed thee, though thou didst not know me; (Isa. 45:4)

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Isa. 65:9,22• ⁹And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah a possessor of my mountains; and mine elect shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.
²²they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. (Isa. 65:9,22)

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Matt. 24:22,24,31• ²²and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.
²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the one extremity of the heavens to the other extremity of them. (Matt. 24:22,24,31)

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Mark 13:20,22,27• ²⁰and if the Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days.
²²For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
²⁷and then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from end of earth to end of heaven. (Mark 13:20,22,27)

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Luke 18:7• ⁷And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them? (Luke 18:7)

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Rom. 8:29‑33• ²⁹Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren.
³⁰But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified.
³¹What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us?
³²He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?
³³Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies: (Rom. 8:29‑33)

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Rom. 9:11• ¹¹the children indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls), (Rom. 9:11)

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Rom. 11:5‑7• ⁵Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
⁶But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace.
⁷What is it then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded, (Rom. 11:5‑7)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

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Titus 1:1• ¹Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which is according to piety; (Titus 1:1)

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1 Peter 1:2• ²elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)

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2 Peter 1:10• ¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:10)

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2 John 13• ¹³The children of thine elect sister greet thee. (2 John 13)

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Rev. 17:14• ¹⁴These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with him called, and chosen, and faithful. (Rev. 17:14)

holy.

Rom. 8:29• ²⁹Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren. (Rom. 8:29)

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Eph. 1:4• ⁴according as he has chosen us in him before the world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; (Eph. 1:4)

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1 Thess. 1:3‑6• ³remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
⁴knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.
⁵For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes:
⁶and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit, (1 Thess. 1:3‑6)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:13‑14)

beloved.

Jer. 31:3• ³Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. (Jer. 31:3)

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Ezek. 16:8• ⁸And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. (Ezek. 16:8)

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Rom. 1:7• ⁷to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 1:7)

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Eph. 2:4‑5• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) (Eph. 2:4‑5)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Titus 3:4‑6• ⁴But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; (Titus 3:4‑6)

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1 John 4:19• ¹⁹*We* love because *he* has first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

bowels.

Isa. 63:15• ¹⁵Look down from the heavens, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory! Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy tender mercies? Are they restrained toward me? (Isa. 63:15)

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Jer. 31:20• ²⁰Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:20)

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Luke 1:78• ⁷⁸on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us, (Luke 1:78)

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Phil. 1:8• ⁸For God is my witness how I long after you all in the bowels of Christ Jesus. (Phil. 1:8)

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Phil. 2:1• ¹If then there be any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and compassions, (Phil. 2:1)

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1 John 3:17• ¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him? (1 John 3:17)

mercies.

Rom. 12:9‑10• ⁹Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:
¹⁰as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other: (Rom. 12:9‑10)

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Gal. 5:6,22‑23• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
²³meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:6,22‑23)

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Eph. 4:2,32• ²with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
³²and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you. (Eph. 4:2,32)

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Phil. 2:2‑4• ²fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;
³let nothing be in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
⁴regarding not each his own qualities, but each those of others also. (Phil. 2:2‑4)

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1 Thess. 5:15• ¹⁵See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all; (1 Thess. 5:15)

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James 3:17‑18• ¹⁷But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
¹⁸But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace. (James 3:17‑18)

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1 Peter 3:8‑11• ⁸Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded;
⁹not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing others, because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing.
¹⁰For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.
¹¹And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it; (1 Peter 3:8‑11)

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2 Peter 1:5‑8• ⁵But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
⁶in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
⁷in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
⁸for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; (2 Peter 1:5‑8)

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1 John 3:14‑20• ¹⁴*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
¹⁵Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
¹⁶Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
¹⁸Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
¹⁹And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him--
²⁰that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. (1 John 3:14‑20)

• They put on, therefore, as such, as elect, holy, beloved (Christ being their life), the character of Christ (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)

• The putting on of these qualities is in the consciousness of the blessed place before God expressed in the words “elect of God, holy and beloved.” It is as such. Nor can we do it otherwise. It is in the sense of this wondrous favor that grace develops itself in our hearts. (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)

• Hence, another garment, so to speak, is to be “put on” which manifests the character of the new man. This character change is illustrated typically in Elijah and Elisha. Elijah is a type of Christ who ascended into heaven and Elisha is a type of the believer. (“The Believer's Identification With the Death and Resurrection of Christ: Colossians 3:1-11” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Put ona therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

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The aorist. "be in the state of having done it."

W. Kelly Translation

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Put on therefore, as elect of God, holy [and] beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, long-suffering;