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17 This therefore I say and testify in the Lord: You⁺ are no longer to walk as also the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance being in them on account of the hardness of their heart, 19 who, having ceased to feel, gave themselves up to sensuality for the working of all impurity with covetousness. 20 But you⁺ did not learn Christ this way, 21 if indeed you⁺ heard Him and were taught in Him, just as the truth is in Jesus, 22 you⁺ are to put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is being corrupted according to the desires of deceit, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your⁺ mind, 24 and to have put on the new man, having been created according to God in righteousness and holiness of truth. 25 Therefore, having put off falsehood, let each one speak truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your⁺ anger, 27 neither give place to the devil. 28 The one stealing, let him steal no longer, but rather let him toil, working with his own hands what is good, so that he may have something to impart to the one having need. 29 Do not let any rotten word go forth out of your⁺ mouth, but if any is good for edification of the need, so that it may give grace to those hearing. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you⁺ were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and rage and wrath and outcry and slander be removed from you⁺, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as also God in Christ forgave you⁺. Ephesians 4:17-32, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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