Ephesians 4:17–28

The Christian’s Walk

^17aSo this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, ^bthat you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the ^cfutility of their mind,

¹⁸being ^adarkened in their understanding, ^1bexcluded from the life of God because of the ^cignorance that is in them, because of the ^dhardness of their heart;

¹⁹and they, having ^abecome callous, ^bhave given themselves over to ^csensuality ¹for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

²⁰But you did not ^alearn ¹Christ in this way,

²¹if indeed you ^ahave heard Him and have ^bbeen taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,

²²that, in reference to your former manner of life, you ^alay aside the ^bold ¹self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^clusts of deceit,

²³and that you be ^arenewed in the spirit of your mind,

²⁴and ^aput on the ^bnew ¹self, which ^2cin the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

²⁵Therefore, ^alaying aside falsehood, ^bspeak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are ^cmembers of one another.

^26aBe angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

²⁷and do not ^agive the devil ¹an opportunity.

²⁸He who steals must steal no longer; but rather ^ahe must labor, ^bperforming with his own hands what is good, ^cso that he will have something to share with ¹one who has need.