²¹ He said,

⁶ Therefore, as you have received ^(A)Christ Jesus the Lord, so ^[a](B)walk in Him, ⁷ having been firmly ^(C)rooted and now being ^(D)built up in Him and ^(E)established ^[b]in ^[c]your faith, just as you ^(F)were instructed, and overflowing ^[d]with gratitude.

⁴ but in everything ^(A)commending ourselves as ^[a](B)servants of God, ^(C)in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in difficulties, ⁵ in ^(D)beatings, in imprisonments, in ^(E)[b]mob attacks, in labors, in sleeplessness, in ^(F)hunger, ⁶ in purity, in ^(G)knowledge, in ^(H)patience, in kindness, in the ^(I)Holy Spirit, in ^(J)genuine love, ⁷ in ^(K)the word of truth, and in ^(L)the power of God; by ^(M)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, ⁸ by glory and ^(N)dishonor, by ^(O)evil report and good report; regarded as ^(P)deceivers and yet ^(Q)true; ⁹ as unknown and yet well known, as ^(R)dying and yet behold, ^(S)we are alive; as ^[c]punished and yet not put to death, ¹⁰ as ^(T)sorrowful yet always ^(U)rejoicing, as ^(V)poor yet making many rich, as ^(W)having nothing and yet possessing ^(X)all things.

²⁰ But you did not ^(A)learn Christ in this way, ²¹ if indeed you ^(B)have heard Him and have ^(C)been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, ²² that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to ^(D)rid yourselves of the ^(E)old ^[a]self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^(F)lusts of deceit, ²³ and that you are to be ^(G)renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴ and to ^(H)put on the ^(I)new ^[b]self, which ^[c](J)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.