“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” ~ Colossians 3:12
The word translated “clothe” in this passage is the Greek word enduo, and it means clothing ourselves “in the sense of sinking into a garment.”
It’s not just casually throwing a sweater over our shoulders. This is like wrapping ourselves in a warm coat on a cold winter day.
When we clothe ourselves with these virtues, we don’t simply “act” compassionate, kind, humble, gentle, and patient. We seriously seek to live out these qualities as a representative of our Lord.
We wrap ourselves in compassion because “the Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love” (Psalm 103:8).
We wrap ourselves in kindness because God’s “lovingkindness is better than life” (Psalm 63:3).
We wrap ourselves in humility because Jesus humbled Himself to become a man and died for us (Philippians 2:5-8).
We wrap ourselves in the gentleness of Christ, following the example of Paul who appealed to the Corinthians “by the humility and gentleness of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:1).
And we cannot help but wrap ourselves in patience considering that our Lord’s patience brought us salvation (2 Peter 3:15).
So whatever else we wear, let's make sure we've wrapped ourselves in these virtues!
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