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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 have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: (Col. 3:10)

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Eph. 4:24• ²⁴And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true 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 have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. (Isa. 42:1)

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Isa. 45:4• ⁴For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known 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 an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit 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 are 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 except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matt. 24:22,24,31)

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Mark 13:20,22,27• ²⁰And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
²²For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
²⁷And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. (Mark 13:20,22,27)

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Luke 18:7• ⁷And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? (Luke 18:7)

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Rom. 8:29‑33• ²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
³¹What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
³²He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
³³Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. (Rom. 8:29‑33)

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Rom. 9:11• ¹¹(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) (Rom. 9:11)

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Rom. 11:5‑7• ⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
⁶And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
⁷What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (Rom. 11:5‑7)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

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Titus 1:1• ¹Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; (Titus 1:1)

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

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2 Peter 1:10• ¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: (2 Peter 1:10)

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2 John 13• ¹³The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. (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 are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Rev. 17:14)

holy.

Rom. 8:29• ²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Rom. 8:29)

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Eph. 1:4• ⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: (Eph. 1:4)

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1 Thess. 1:3‑6• ³Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
⁴Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
⁵For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
⁶And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: (1 Thess. 1:3‑6)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:13‑14)

beloved.

Jer. 31:3• ³The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (Jer. 31:3)

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

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

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Eph. 2:4‑5• ⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Eph. 2:4‑5)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Titus 3:4‑6• ⁴But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
⁵Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
⁶Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; (Titus 3:4‑6)

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

bowels.

Isa. 63:15• ¹⁵Look down from heaven, 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 mercies toward me? are they restrained? (Isa. 63:15)

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Jer. 31:20• ²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:20)

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Luke 1:78• ⁷⁸Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, (Luke 1:78)

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

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

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1 John 3:17• ¹⁷But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? (1 John 3:17)

mercies.

Rom. 12:9‑10• ⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; (Rom. 12:9‑10)

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Gal. 5:6,22‑23• ⁶For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Gal. 5:6,22‑23)

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Eph. 4:2,32• ²With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
³²And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (Eph. 4:2,32)

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Phil. 2:2‑4• ²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. (Phil. 2:2‑4)

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1 Thess. 5:15• ¹⁵See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. (1 Thess. 5:15)

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James 3:17‑18• ¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
¹⁸And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. (James 3:17‑18)

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1 Peter 3:8‑11• ⁸Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
⁹Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
¹⁰For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
¹¹Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. (1 Peter 3:8‑11)

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2 Peter 1:5‑8• ⁵And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
⁶And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
⁷And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
⁸For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:5‑8)

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1 John 3:14‑20• ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
¹⁵Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
¹⁶Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
¹⁷But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
¹⁸My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
¹⁹And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
²⁰For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth 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;

JND Translation Notes

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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;