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Ephesians 4:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be truly holy.

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God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:

Kindness and justice were my coat and hat;

Jerusalem, wake up! Stand up and be strong. Holy city of Zion, dress in your best clothes. Those foreigners who ruined your sacred city won't bother you again.

Justice was the LORD's armour; saving power was his helmet; anger and revenge were his clothes.

by being holy and good as long as we live.

Your word is the truth. So let this truth make them completely yours.

Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

Night is almost over, and day will soon appear. We must stop behaving as people do in the dark and be ready to live in the light.

Let the Lord Jesus Christ be as near to you as the clothes you wear. Then you won't try to satisfy your selfish desires.

When we were baptized, we died and were buried with Christ. We were baptized, so that we would live a new life, as Christ was raised to life by the glory of God the Father.

But the Law no longer rules over us. We are like dead people, and it cannot have any power over us. Now we can serve God in a new way by obeying his Spirit, and not in the old way by obeying the written Law.

and he has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them become like his own Son, so that his Son would be the first of many children.

Our dead and decaying bodies will be changed into bodies that won't die or decay.

So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord's Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord.

We never give up. Our bodies are gradually dying, but we ourselves are being made stronger each day.

Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new.

And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes.

It doesn't matter if you are circumcised or not. All that matters is that you are a new person.

God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. That's why he sent Christ to make us what we are.

to destroy the Law of Moses with all its rules and commands. He even brought Jews and Gentiles together as though we were only one person, when he united us in peace.

Put on all the armour that God gives, so you can defend yourself against the devil's tricks.

He gave himself to rescue us from everything that is evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

But God says about his Son, “You are God, and you will rule as King for ever! Your royal power brings about justice.

Try to live at peace with everyone! Live a clean life. If you don't, you will never see the Lord.

Be like newborn babies who are thirsty for the pure spiritual milk that will help you grow and be saved.

God made great and marvellous promises, so that his nature would become part of us. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world.




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