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This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

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Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard

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Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

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For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you

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If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:

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That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit

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And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

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And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

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And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

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Be angry without doing wrong let not the sun go down on your wrath

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And do not give way to the Evil One.

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Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

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Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

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And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

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Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts

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And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.