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Ephesians 4:17

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as ° other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

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Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

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But ye have not so learned Christ;

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If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

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That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

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And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

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And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

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Neither give place to the devil.

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Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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Let no ° corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

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Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God ° for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Ephesians 4:18

4:18 understanding darkened. Pagan unbelievers may be intellectual, “in the vanity of their mind” (Ephesians 4:17), but their “understanding [is] darkened.” Despite their worldly learning, they are ignorant and blind to real truth. Therefore we are to “walk not as other Gentiles walk,” trying to please them.

Ephesians 4:22

4:22 conversation. See note on II Corinthians 1:12.

Ephesians 4:24

4:24 created. The “new man” is an actual new creation (II Corinthians 5:17), a miracle of regeneration performed by the Holy Spirit on a heart and mind receiving Christ by faith as personal Savior and Lord.

Ephesians 4:30

4:30 sealed. The “sealed work” (see Ephesians 1:13) of the Spirit is conclusive, and it cannot be “unsealed,” even though we may “grieve the Spirit” by such sins as noted in these verses.

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