¹⁷ Therefore if anyone is ^(A)in Christ, this person is ^(B)a new ^[a]creation; ^(C)the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

^9 [a](A)Do not lie to one another, since you ^(B)stripped off the old ^[b]self with its evil practices, ¹⁰ and have ^(C)put on the new self, which is being ^[c](D)renewed to a true knowledge ^(E)according to the image of the One who ^(F)created it—