Now we are in a place to see the connection: we clothe ourselves in Christ’s love (vv. 12–14) and “put on” the virtue of love by letting the word of Christ dwell in us richly; by teaching and admonishing one another; by singing psalms, hymns, and songs of the Spirit. The practices of Christian worship train our love—they are practice for the coming kingdom, habituating us as citizens of the kingdom of God.
