Ephesians 4:13–24

¹³until we all reach unity^t in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God^u and become mature,^v attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.^w

¹⁴Then we will no longer be infants,^x tossed back and forth by the waves,^y and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.^{z 15}Instead, speaking the truth in love,^a we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,^b that is, Christ. ¹⁶From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows^c and builds itself up^d in love,^e as each part does its work.

Instructions for Christian Living

¹⁷So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer^f live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.^{g 18}They are darkened in their understanding^h and separated from the life of Godⁱ because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.^{j 19}Having lost all sensitivity,^k they have given themselves over^l to sensuality^m so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.

²⁰That, however, is not the way of life you learned ²¹when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. ²²You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put offⁿ your old self,^o which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;^{p 23}to be made new in the attitude of your minds;^{q 24}and to put on^r the new self,^s created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.^t