Ephesians 4:14-23

New American Standard Bible

^14 [a]As a result, we are ^(A)no longer to be children, ^(B)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by ^(C)craftiness ^[b]in ^(D)deceitful scheming; ¹⁵ but ^[c]speaking the truth ^(E)in love, ^[d]we are to ^(F)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the ^(G)head, that is, Christ, ¹⁶ from whom ^(H)the whole body, being fitted and held together ^[e]by what every joint supplies, according to the ^[f]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself ^(I)in love.

The Christian’s Walk

^17 (J)So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, ^(K)that you are to no longer walk just as the ^[g]Gentiles also walk, in the ^(L)futility of their minds, ¹⁸ being ^(M)darkened in their understanding, ^[h](N)excluded from the life of God because of the ^(O)ignorance that is in them, because of the ^(P)hardness of their heart; ¹⁹ and they, having ^(Q)become callous, ^(R)have given themselves up to ^(S)indecent behavior ^[i]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. ²⁰ But you did not ^(T)learn Christ in this way, ²¹ if indeed you ^(U)have heard Him and have ^(V)been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, ²² that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to ^(W)rid yourselves of the ^(X)old ^[j]self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^(Y)lusts of deceit, ²³ and that you are to be ^(Z)renewed in the spirit of your minds,