¹⁷ Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ^(B)and I will give you the land of Israel.’ ¹⁸ And when they come there, ^(C)they will remove from it all its ^(D)detestable things and all its abominations. ^19 (E)And I will give them one heart, and ^(F)a new spirit I will put within them. ^(G)I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh ^(H)and give them a heart of flesh, ^20 (I)that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. ^(J)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. ^21 (K)But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, ^(L)I will^[a] bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.”

^2 (A)Do not be conformed to this world,^[a] but be transformed by ^(B)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may ^(C)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.^[b]