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so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.(A)

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22 to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,(A) 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.(B)

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For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A) But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,(B) he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(C) This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(D) The saying is sure.

I desire that you insist on these things, so that those who have come to believe in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works; these things are excellent and profitable to everyone.(E)

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  1. 3.5 Gk washing

15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for the one who for their sake died and was raised.

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11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.(A)

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not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul.

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All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A)

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By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?(A)

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14 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.

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Therefore do not be associated with them, for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,(A)

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The Old Life and the New

17 Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer walk as the[a] gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds;(A)

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  1. 4.17 Other ancient authorities add other

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.(A)

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These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life.[a] But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive[b] language from your mouth.(A)

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  1. 3.7 Or living among such people
  2. 3.8 Or filthy

19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,(A) 20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,[a] who loved me and gave himself for me.(B)

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  1. 2.20 Or by faith in the Son of God

For we do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.(A)

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17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.(A)

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35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

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10 Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
    on a level path.(A)

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17 And the world and its desire[a] are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.(A)

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  1. 2.17 Or the desire for it

14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.

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18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.(A)

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21 make you complete in everything good[a] so that you may do his will, as he works among us[b] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever.[c] Amen.(A)

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  1. 13.21 Other ancient authorities read for every good work
  2. 13.21 Other ancient authorities read you
  3. 13.21 Other ancient authorities add and ever

18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ,[a] greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured[b] in everything that God wills.(A)

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  1. 4.12 Other ancient authorities add Jesus
  2. 4.12 Other ancient authorities read complete

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s[a] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,(A)

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  1. 1.9 Gk his