⁵¹ “You men who are ^(A)stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

²⁴ and let’s consider how ^(A)to ^[a]encourage one another in love and ^(B)good deeds, ²⁵ not abandoning our own ^(C)meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but ^(D)encouraging one another; and all the more as you see ^(E)the day drawing near.

²⁵ Therefore, ^(A)ridding yourselves of falsehood, ^(B)speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are ^(C)parts of one another. ^26 (D)Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷ and do not ^(E)give the devil ^[a]an opportunity. ²⁸ The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather ^(F)he must labor, ^(G)producing with his own hands what is good, ^(H)so that he will have something to share with the one who has need. ²⁹ Let no ^[b](I)unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for ^(J)edification ^[c]according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear. ^30 (K)Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^[d]by whom you were ^(L)sealed for the day of redemption. ^31 (M)All bitterness, wrath, anger, ^[e]clamor, and slander must be ^(N)removed from you, along with all ^(O)malice. ^32 (P)Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, ^(Q)just as God in Christ also has forgiven ^[f]you.

Be Imitators of God

5 ^(R)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; ² and ^(S)walk in love, just as Christ also ^(T)loved ^[g]you and ^(U)gave Himself up for us, an ^(V)offering and a sacrifice to God ^[h]as a ^(W)fragrant aroma.

^19 (A)Do not quench the Spirit, ²⁰ do not utterly reject ^[a](B)prophecies, ²¹ but ^(C)examine everything; ^(D)hold firmly to that which is good,

²⁸ “^(A)Truly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons and daughters of men, and whatever blasphemies they commit; ²⁹ but ^(B)whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—