¹⁶ From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows^(A) and builds itself up^(B) in love,^(C) as each part does its work.

Instructions for Christian Living

¹⁷ So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer^(D) live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.^{(E) 18} They are darkened in their understanding^(F) and separated from the life of God^(G) because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.^(H)