Colossians 3:12-13 — With new life in Christ comes a new way of living, but it’s not automatic. There are sins to be put off and virtues to be put on. That’s what Paul instructs his readers to do in this text – to put on new attitudes and new behaviours as they would new clean clothes. The Colossian Believers were do this in light of God’s immeasurable grace. God had chosen them and separated them to Himself. He loved them in a special way and had forgiven all their sins.
What was true for the Colossians is true for all who are in Christ. Christians are “elect, holy and beloved” and as such, they ought to put off the sins of the old man and put on the virtues of the new.