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17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
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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 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart ;
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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 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
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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 But you did not learn Christ in this way,
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20 You, however, did not come to know Christ that way.
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21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth 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 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
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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 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
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23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
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24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
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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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25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.
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25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
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26 BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN ; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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26 "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
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27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.
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27 and do not give the devil a foothold.
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28 He who steals must steal no longer ; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.
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28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
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29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
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29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
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30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
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31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
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32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
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32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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