A NEW WAY OF
WALKING
17This I say, therefore, and testify in
the Lord, that you should no longer walk (live)
as the rest of the Gentiles walk (live),
in the futility (perverseness, depravity)
of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past
feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with
greediness.
REQUIRES A
NEW WAY OF THINKING
20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if
indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in
Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct (walk), the old man which grows corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the
spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which
was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
RESULTING IN
A NEW WAY OF RELATING
25 Therefore, putting away lying, Let
each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one
another. 26 Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go
down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil. 28 Let
him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his
hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let
no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do
not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and
evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be
kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in
Christ forgave you.
A NEW WAY OF WALKING REQUIRES A NEW WAY OF THINKING RESULTING IN
A NEW WAY OF RELATING
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