¹⁶ No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.

⁶ We know that ^(A)our old self^{[a] (B)}was crucified with him in order that ^(C)the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

¹⁴ But ^(A)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, ^(B)to gratify its desires.

²⁷ For as many of you as ^(A)were baptized ^(B)into Christ have ^(C)put on Christ.

²² to ^(A)put off ^(B)your old self,^[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through ^(C)deceitful desires, ²³ and ^(D)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴ and to put on ^(E)the new self, ^(F)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

^9 (A)Do not lie to one another, seeing that ^(B)you have put off ^(C)the old self^[a] with its practices ¹⁰ and ^(D)have put on ^(E)the new self, ^(F)which is being renewed in knowledge ^(G)after the image of ^(H)its creator. ^11 (I)Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,^[b] free; but Christ is ^(J)all, and in all.

^12 (K)Put on then, as ^(L)God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, ^(M)compassionate hearts, ^(N)kindness, ^(O)humility, meekness, and patience, ^13 (P)bearing with one another and, ^(Q)if one has a complaint against another, ^(R)forgiving each other; ^(S)as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ¹⁴ And above all these put on ^(T)love, which ^(U)binds everything together in ^(V)perfect harmony.