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Colossians 3:15

歌罗西书 3:15

The Passage

Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

In the other language

又要叫基督的平安在你们心里作主；你们也为此蒙召，归为一体，且要存感谢的心。

Theme

Peace rules

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Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

The peace Paul names is connected to belonging together in one body, not simply to feeling calm on your own. This passage does not resolve your workplace demands, but it invites you to consider what rules your heart as you meet them. Urgency, resentment, and the wish to please everyone can each take charge without being noticed. Letting peace rule need not mean avoiding an honest conversation or agreeing to more than you can carry. It offers a different ground for your response, with thankfulness alongside it. Is there a demand at work that this passage does not resolve, but that you might meet differently with peace, belonging, and thankfulness in view?

Carry thisPeace can shape an honest response, not just a quiet one.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Over the coming weeks, you may find yourself carrying more than you can quietly name. This verse does not identify what you need to let go of, but it invites you to let God's peace have room in your heart. Rather than treating peace as proof that a decision is right, you can bring your attachments, worries, and obligations into prayer without forcing an answer. Being called into one body and invited to gratitude also makes room to receive support rather than carry everything alone. The peace of God—what might you make room for if you loosened your grip on one burden?

Carry thisPeace leaves room for both gratitude and honest words.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Letting go can feel less like relief than like losing your grip. This verse does not name what you need to release in the coming weeks, but it invites you to let God's peace have a place in your heart. That peace belongs within a shared life, where you need not carry every concern alone. You might notice which burdens make it harder to receive care, offer kindness, or be thankful for what is already here. Gratitude need not erase what is difficult; it can simply help you see that difficulty is not the whole of your life. In what way might making room for God's peace help you receive care from others rather than carry every concern alone?

Carry thisPeace can have a voice without silencing what hurts.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Peace is given a place of authority here: let it rule in your heart. The verse does not ask you to create a perfectly quiet schedule before you can turn toward God. It speaks to people called together in one body, where relationships and responsibilities remain. Stillness, in this light, need not mean having nothing left to do. It can mean making room to consider what peace asks of your next response, rather than letting urgency decide everything. Thanksgiving belongs here too, a way of noticing what is present rather than only what is unfinished. Who comes to mind as you sit with this verse, which offers no plan for a quieter life but invites you to share in God's peace and give thanks?

Carry thisUrgency does not have to be your only guide.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:3-4

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Colossians 3 — in context

9Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

10and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

11where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

12Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

14Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

17Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

18Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

19Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

21Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

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