Ephesians 4:17

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Instructions for Christian Living

¹⁷So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer^(A) live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.^(B)

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Ephesians 2:3

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³All of us also lived among them at one time,^(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh^[a]^(B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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Footnotes

Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

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Romans 8:7-8

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⁷The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸Those who are in the realm of the flesh^(B) cannot please God.

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Isaiah 55:7

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⁷Let the wicked forsake^(A) their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(B)
Let them turn^(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(D) on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(E)

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Isaiah 65:2

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²All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people,^(A)
who walk in ways not good,
pursuing their own imaginations^(B)—

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Isaiah 55:8-9

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⁸“For my thoughts^(A) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(B)
declares the Lord.
⁹“As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(C)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(D)

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Jeremiah 16:12

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¹²But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors.^(A) See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts^(B) instead of obeying me.

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Jeremiah 31:33

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³³“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds^(A)
    and write it on their hearts.^(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.^(C)