² in which you used to live^(A) when you followed the ways of this world^(B) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,^(C) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.^(D)

Instructions for Christian Living

¹⁷ So 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)

⁸ For you were once^(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light^(B)

¹⁵ Be very careful, then, how you live^(A)—not as unwise but as wise,