Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
17 Here then is what the Lord has told me to say. You must not live like the people who do not believe in God. They do not think clearly.
18 Their minds are dark. They are far away from God's life because they do not know the truth. They have no love in their hearts.
19 Nothing makes them ashamed anymore. They live a very bad life. They do every kind of wrong thing. And they always want to do it more.
20 That is not what you have learned from Christ!
21 You were taught by him, and Jesus has the truth!
22 Stop being the person you used to be in your old life. That person was bad because he wanted to do wrong things.
23 Have a new mind and heart.
24 Be a new person. That new person has been made like God. He does what is right and holy because he knows the truth.
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