King James Version · Under Rome
Colossians 3
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If ye then be with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on of . Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are , and your life is hid with Christ in . When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in . Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake cometh on the children of : In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; , , malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your . 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 of him that created him: Where there is neither nor , nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Put on therefore, as the elect of , and beloved, bowels of , kindness, humbleness of , meekness, ; 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 rule in your , to the which also ye are called in ; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ in you richly in all ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with in your to . And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of , giving thanks to and by him. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in . Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Children, your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto . Fathers, provoke not your children to , lest they be discouraged. Servants, in all things your masters according to ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of , fearing : And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to , and not unto men; Knowing that of ye shall receive the reward of the : for ye Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.