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Ephesians 4:17

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So let me tell you—and I’m speaking for the Lord as I warn you: You must not live the way the Gentiles do any longer. They’re not able to think things through correctly.

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They knew God, but they didn’t honor him as God, and they didn’t thank him. Their thinking became useless and their foolish hearts were darkened.

They speak empty, bragging words. By appealing to lust and desire, they tempt new believers who are just escaping from others who are living wrong.

I tell you this so that no one will mislead you with deceptive arguments.

You were set free from the empty way of life that was handed down to you by your own people from long ago. You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, like silver or gold.

I told both Jews and Greeks that they had to turn away from their sins to God and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

After Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul spent all his time preaching, showing the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

“Friends, why are you doing this? We’re only human, just like you. We’re bringing you good news, telling you to turn away from these worthless things to the living God. He’s the one who made the heavens, the earth, and the sea and everything in them.

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and because he and his kingdom are coming, I’m giving you these instructions:

In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and in the sight of Christ Jesus, who told the truth when he was a witness in front of Pontius Pilate, I give you a command.

I command you in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels to follow these instructions. Treat everyone the same and don’t favor one person over another.

None of you should sin against your brother or sister by doing that. You shouldn’t take advantage of your brother or sister. The Lord will punish everyone who commits sins like those. We’ve already told you and warned you about that.

Some people pretend to be humble, and they worship angels. But don’t let people like that judge you. These people tell you in great detail about the visions they’ve seen, and they’re conceited because of all the ideas they have. But their ideas are really useless, because their minds aren’t guided by the Holy Spirit.

You were taught not to live the way you used to, but to get rid of that old way of life, which was corrupted by its deceptive desires.

God placed all things under Christ’s authority, and he appointed him to be the ruler over everything for the church.

I’ll say it again: Every man who lets himself be circumcised must obey the entire law.

Here’s what I mean: The law was introduced 430 years after the covenant God made with Abraham. It can’t cancel their agreement or get rid of the promise.

Remember this: The one who plants only a little will gather only a little, but the one who plants a lot will gather a lot.

Brothers and sisters, here’s what I’m telling you. Bodies made of flesh and blood can’t inherit the kingdom of God. Things that perish can’t share in what never perishes.

Here’s what I mean. One of you says, “I follow Paul.” Another says, “I follow Apollos.” Another says, “I follow Peter.” And still another says, “I follow Christ.”

Peter said many other things to warn them. He begged them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

I have five brothers. Let Lazarus warn them so that they won’t come to this place of terrible suffering.’




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