Book of Common Prayer

So Walk No Longer In The Futile Darkness of The Gentiles, As They Pursue Impurity

¹⁷ Therefore this I say and testify in the Lord, that you be walking no longer as indeed the Gentiles are walking, in the futility of their mind, ¹⁸ being darkened in their understanding, having been excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance being in them, because of the hardness of their hearts— ¹⁹ who, having become callous, gave themselves over to sensuality for the practice^[a] of every impurity with greed.

Lay Aside The Old Person. Be Renewed In Your Mind And Put On The New Person

²⁰ But you did not learn Christ in this manner, ²¹ if indeed you heard Him and were taught in Him, even as it is the truth in Jesus ²² that in-relation-to your former way-of-life you lay-aside the old person being corrupted^[b] in-accordance-with the desires of ^[c] deception, ²³ and that you be being renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and that you put-on the new person having been created in accordance with God, in righteousness and holiness of ^[d] truth.

Live Out Righteousness And Truth

²⁵ Therefore, having laid-aside the lie^[e], each of you be speaking truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of one another. ²⁶ Be angry and-yet do not be sinning. Do not let the sun go down upon your angriness^[f], ²⁷ nor give a place^[g] to the devil. ²⁸ Let the one stealing be stealing no longer. But rather let him be laboring, working the good thing with his own hands in order that he might have something to give to the one having a need. ²⁹ Let every bad^[h] word not proceed out of your mouth, but if there is something good for edification of the need, speak in order that it may give grace to the ones hearing. ³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with^[i] Whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹ Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and clamor and blasphemy^[j] be taken-away^[k] from you, along-with all malice. ³² And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other just as God in Christ also forgave you.

¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also handed Him over.

Scribes Say Jesus Uses Satan’s Power. Such Blasphemy of The Spirit Will Not Be Forgiven

²⁰ And He goes into a house^[a]. And the crowd comes-together again, so that they were not even able to eat bread. ²¹ And having heard-of it, the ones^[b] from Him went-forth to take-hold-of ^[c] Him. For they were saying^[d] that “He lost-His-senses”. ²² And the scribes having come down from Jerusalem were saying that “He has Beelzebul”, and that “He is casting-out the demons by^[e] the ruler of the demons”. ²³ And having summoned them, He was speaking to them in parables: “How is Satan able to be casting-out Satan? ²⁴ And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand; ²⁵ and if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶ And if Satan stood-up against himself and was divided, he is not able to stand, but he has an end^[f]. ²⁷ But no one, having entered into the house of the strong man, can plunder his things unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder^[g] his house. ²⁸ Truly I say to you that all sins and blasphemies will be forgiven to the sons of humans^[h], whatever they may blaspheme. ²⁹ But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness forever, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— ³⁰ because^[i] they were saying “He has an unclean spirit”.

Whoever Does The Will of God Is My Family

³¹ And His mother and His brothers come. And while standing outside, they sent-forth a message to Him, calling Him. ³² And a crowd was sitting around Him. And they say to Him, “Behold— Your mother and Your brothers and Your sisters are outside seeking You”. ³³ And having responded to them, He says “Who is My mother and My brothers?” ³⁴ And having looked-around-at the ones sitting in a circle around Him, He says “Look— My mother and My brothers! ³⁵ For whoever does the will of God— this one is My brother and sister and mother”.