Ephesians 4 17-24

03/29 ~ From New Testament Letters

  🕊️ (In the Order Believed Written)

        Paul’s Letter To The Ephesians 

                   (paraphrased)

17 - Now this I (Paul) say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the nations do, in vanity of mind, 18 being darkened in understanding, their hearts hard, and alienated from God because of not knowing any better. 19 And so they’ve become careless and uncaring, pursuing every kind of impurity [akatharsia - from an adjective, derived from A - not, and katharós, cleansed, purged, (so) properly, not pure/lacking mixture, of "a wrong mix" the antonym, kathaírō means free from wrong mixture].

     20 Because that’s not the way you learned Christ, 21 assuming you’ve heard about him and been taught of and in him, 22 to put off your old self, which belongs to a former way of life and is corrupted through the deceitfulness of human passions. 23 Instead be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which is created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness/purity of truth [alétheia - truth, straightforwardness] {genuineness}.

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Tomorrows verses - Ephesians 4:25-32

My own studies. Been neglecting Psalms (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150) and the Prophets.