Colossians 3:12

Easy To Read Version

God has chosen you and made you his holy people. {\cf2\super [18]} He loves you. So always do these things: Show mercy to people; be kind, humble, gentle, and patient.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:1

“Look at my Servant!\par I support him.\par He is the one I chose.\par And I am very pleased with him.\par I put my Spirit in him.\par He will judge the nations fairly.\par

Isaiah 45:4

I do these things for my servant, Jacob.\par I do these things for my chosen people, Israel.\par \{Cyrus,\} I am calling you by name.\par You don’t know me,\par but I am calling you by name.\par

Isaiah 63:15

Lord, look down from the heavens.\par See the things that are happening now!\par Look down at us from your great and holy home in heaven.\par Where is your strong love {\cf2\super [462]} for us?\par Where are your powerful works\par that come from deep inside you?\par Where is your mercy for me?\par Why are you hiding your kind love\par from me?\par

Isaiah 65:22

Never again will\par one person build a house\par and another person live there.\par Never again will\par one person plant a garden\par and another person eat the fruit from it.\par

Isaiah 65:9

I will keep some of the people of Jacob (Israel). Some of the people of Judah will get my mountain. My servants will live there. I will choose the people that will live there.

Jeremiah 31:20

\{God says,\}\par “You know that Ephraim {\cf2\super [255]} is my dear son.\par I love that child.\par Yes, I often criticized Ephraim,\par but I still think about him.\par I love him very much.\par And I really do want to comfort him.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 31:3

From far away, the Lord\par will appear to his people.\par

Ezekiel 16:8

I looked you over. I saw you were ready for love. So I spread my clothes over you {\cf2\super [118]} and covered your nakedness. I promised to marry you. I made the agreement {\cf2\super [119]} with you. And you became mine.’” The Lord my Master said these things.

Matthew 24:22

But God has decided to make that terrible time short. If that time were not made short, then no person would continue living. But God will make that time short to help the people he has chosen.

Matthew 24:24

False Christs and false prophets {\cf2\super [372]} will come and do great things and miracles. {\cf2\super [373]} They will do these things to the people God has chosen. They will do these things to try to fool his people, if that is possible.

Matthew 24:31

The Son of Man will use a loud trumpet to send his angels all around the earth. The angels will gather his chosen people from every part of the earth.

Mark 13:20

But God has decided to make that terrible time short. If that time were not made short, then no person could continue living. But God will make that time short to help his special people that he has chosen.

Mark 13:22

False Christs and false prophets {\cf2\super [187]} will come and do great things and miracles. They will do these things to the people God has chosen. They will do these things to try to fool his people, if that is possible.

Mark 13:27

The Son of Man will send his angels all around the earth. The angels will gather his chosen people from every part of the earth.

Luke 1:78

“With the loving mercy of our God,\par a new Day from heaven\par will shine on us.\par

Luke 18:7

God’s people shout to him night and day. God will always give his people what is right. God will not be slow to answer his people.

Romans 1:7

This letter is to all of you in Rome that God has called to be his holy people. {\cf2\super [8]} You are people that God loves.

Romans 13:14

But become like the Lord Jesus Christ, so when people see what you do, they will see Christ. Don’t think about how to satisfy your sinful self and the bad things you want to do.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient, and love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not boast, and it is not proud.

2 Corinthians 6:6

\{We show that we are servants of God\} by our understanding, by our patience, by our kindness, and by living pure. \{We show this\} by the Holy Spirit, {\cf2\super [21]} by true love,

Galatians 5:6

When a person is in Christ Jesus, it is not important if he is circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

Ephesians 1:4

In Christ, God chose us before the world was made. God chose us in love to be his holy people {\cf2\super [4]} —people with no wrong in us before him.

Ephesians 4:2

Always be humble and gentle. Be patient and accept each other with love.

Ephesians 4:24

You must become a new person, made to be like God—made to be truly good and holy. {\cf2\super [35]}

Philippians 1:8

God knows that I want to see you very much. I love all of you with the love of Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:10

You have begun to live the new life. In your new life you are being made new. You are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Be sure that no person pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and made us his holy people. {\cf2\super [6]} That happened not because of anything we did ourselves. No! God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace (kindness). That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.

2 Timothy 2:10

So I patiently accept all these troubles. I do this to help all the people that God has chosen. I accept these troubles so that those people can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With that salvation comes glory that never ends.

Titus 1:1

Greetings from Paul, a servant of God and an apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ. I was sent to help the faith of God’s chosen people. I was sent to help those people to know the truth. And that truth shows people how to serve God.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people. {\cf2\super [2]} Making you holy is the Spirit’s {\cf2\super [3]} work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood (death) of Jesus Christ. Grace (kindness) and peace be yours more and more.

2 Peter 1:10

My brothers and sisters, God called you and chose you to be his. Do your best to live in a way that shows you really are God’s called and chosen people. If you do all those things, you will never fall.

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us.

Revelation 17:14

They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. He will defeat them with his chosen and faithful followers—the people that he has called.”