Malachi 3:3
3:3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the
Lord a proper offering.
Malachi 3:1
3:1 “I am about to send my messenger,
who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord
you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger
of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
Colossians 3:12-13
Exhortation to Unity and Love
3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
3:13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
Colossians 3:1
Exhortations to Seek the Things Above
3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Colossians 1:7
1:7 You learned the gospel
from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave
– a
faithful minister of Christ on our
behalf –