Eph 4:17-32 | ESV | STEP | Now this I say and testify in the Lord , that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds .

Ephesians 4:17-32

The New Life

17 Now this I say and ^atestify in the Lord, ^bthat you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, ^cin the futility of their minds. 18 They ^dare darkened in their understanding, ^ealienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to ^ftheir hardness of heart. 19 They ^ghave become callous and ^hhave given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. 20 But that is not the way you ⁱlearned Christ!— 21 assuming that ^jyou have heard about him and ^kwere taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22 to ^lput off ^myour old self, ^{▼▼Greek man; also verse 24} which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through ^odeceitful desires, 23 and ^pto be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on ^qthe new self, ^rcreated after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you ^sspeak the truth with his neighbor, for ^twe are members one of another. 26 ^uBe angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and ^vgive no opportunity to the devil. 28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather ^wlet him labor, ^xdoing honest work with his own hands, so ^ythat he may have something to share with anyone in need. 29 ^zLet no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give ^aagrace to those who hear. 30 And ^abdo not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^acby whom you were sealed for the day of ^adredemption. 31 ^aeLet all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 ^afBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^agforgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.