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17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
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17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
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18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
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18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
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19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
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19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
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20 You, however, did not come to know Christ that way.
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20 You, however, did not come to know Christ that way.
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21 Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
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21 Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
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22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
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22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
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23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
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23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
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24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
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24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
