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Put On the New Man

17 (A)Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, (B)that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the (C)futility of their mind, 18 being (D)darkened in their mind, (E)alienated from the life of God because of the (F)ignorance that is in them, because of the (G)hardness of their heart. 19 And they, having (H)become callous, (I)have given themselves over to (J)sensuality [a]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:19 Or greedy for the practice of every kind of impurity

The old and new life

17 So I’m telling you this, and I insist on it in the Lord: you shouldn’t live your life like the Gentiles anymore. They base their lives on pointless thinking, 18 and they are in the dark in their reasoning. They are disconnected from God’s life because of their ignorance and their closed hearts. 19 They are people who lack all sense of right and wrong, and who have turned themselves over to doing whatever feels good and to practicing every sort of corruption along with greed.

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