Ephesians 4:17-5:21

New King James Version

The New Man

¹⁷This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should ^(A)no longer walk as ^[a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, ¹⁸having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the ^(B)blindness of their heart; ¹⁹^(C)who, being past feeling, ^(D)have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²⁰But you have not so learned Christ, ²¹if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: ²²that you ^(E)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, ²³and ^(F)be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴and that you ^(G)put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Do Not Grieve the Spirit

²⁵Therefore, putting away lying, ^(H)“Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for ^(I)we are members of one another. ²⁶^(J)“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, ²⁷^(K)nor give ^[b]place to the devil. ²⁸Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather ^(L)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something ^(M)to give him who has need. ²⁹^(N)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but ^(O)what is good for necessary ^[c]edification, ^(P)that it may impart grace to the hearers. ³⁰And ^(Q)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹^(R)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, ^[d]clamor, and ^(S)evil speaking be put away from you, ^(T)with all malice. ³²And ^(U)be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^(V)forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Walk in Love

5 Therefore^(W) be imitators of God as dear ^(X)children. ²And ^(Y)walk in love, ^(Z)as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God ^(AA)for a sweet-smelling aroma.

³But fornication and all ^(AB)uncleanness or ^(AC)covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; ⁴^(AD)neither filthiness, nor ^(AE)foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, ^(AF)which are not fitting, but rather ^(AG)giving of thanks. ⁵For ^[e]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any ^(AH)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷Therefore do not be ^(AI)partakers with them.

Walk in Light

⁸For you were once darkness, but now you are ^(AJ)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹(for ^(AK)the fruit of the ^[f]Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), ¹⁰^(AL)finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. ¹¹And have ^(AM)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather ^[g]expose them. ¹²^(AN)For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. ¹³But ^(AO)all things that are ^[h]exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴Therefore He says:

^(AP)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

Walk in Wisdom

¹⁵^(AQ)See then that you walk ^[i]circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, ¹⁶^(AR)redeeming the time, ^(AS)because the days are evil.

¹⁷^(AT)Therefore do not be unwise, but ^(AU)understand ^(AV)what the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸And ^(AW)do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹speaking to one another ^(AX)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making ^(AY)melody in your heart to the Lord, ²⁰^(AZ)giving thanks always for all things to God the Father ^(BA)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹^(BB)submitting to one another in the fear of ^[j]God.