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) 18} They are darkened in their understanding^(C) and separated from the life of God^(D) because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.^(E)

²³ to be made new in the attitude of your minds;^{(A) 24} and to put on^(B) the new self,^(C) created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.^(D)