¹⁷ Therefore I say

and I testify by the Lord,

that you should walk no longer

as the nations walk

in the futility of their mindset,

¹⁸ having been in the dark in their mindset,

estranged from the life of God

because of the ignorance which is in them,

on account of the hardness of their heart,

¹⁹ who, after making themselves calloused,

they gave themselves over

to a lack of self-control

resulting in deeds of every kind of impurity

along with insatiable desire.

²⁰ But in such a way

you did not learn the Messiah,

²¹ if indeed you have heard of him

and were taught in him,

as truth is in Jesus,

²² that y’all are to take off the old humanity

of y’all’s former way of life,

which is being corrupted

by its deceptive desires,

²³ and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

²⁴ and to put on the new humanity

which has been created

in accordance with God,

in justice and true piety.

²⁵ Therefore, having put off the lie,

“speak truth each one with his neighbor,”

because we are members of one another.

²⁶ “Be angry and do not sin.”

Do not let the sun set on your anger,

²⁷ and don’t give an opportunity to the slanderer.

²⁸ The one who steals,

let him no longer steal,

²⁷ but rather let him labor,

producing good with his own hands,

so that he can have something to share with the one who has need.

²⁹ Any rotten word,

don’t let it come out of y’all’s mouth,

but only what is good for building up what is needed,

so that it might give grace to those who hear.

³⁰ And do not grieve the holy Spirit of God,

by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

³¹ All bitterness and anger and wrath and blasphemy,

let it be taken from you,

along with all wickedness.

³² But be kind to one another,

compassionate,

forgiving one another,

just as God in the Messiah forgave you.

^5:1 Therefore, become imitators of God

as beloved children,

² and walk in love,

just as the Messiah loved us

and gave himself

as an offering

and a sacrifice to God

as a pleasant aroma.