^19 [a](A)Go, therefore, and ^(B)make disciples of ^(C)all the nations, ^(D)baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

³⁰ He must ^[a]increase, but I must ^[b]decrease.

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.

²¹ if indeed you ^(A)have heard Him and have ^(B)been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, ²² that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to ^(C)rid yourselves of the ^(D)old ^[a]self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^(E)lusts of deceit, ²³ and that you are to be ^(F)renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴ and to ^(G)put on the ^(H)new ^[b]self, which ^[c](I)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.