• Live no longer in the futility of worldly minds, which are darkened in understanding & alienated from the life of God, due to ignorance, hardness of heart, callousness and licentiousness to excess;
• Put away the old self and the former way of life, which are corrupted through deceitful desires;
• Be renewed in the spirit of your minds; put on the new self, which is created in God’s way in righteousness and in holiness of truth;
• Put away falsehood; speak the truth;
• Do not sin even if angry; and when angry, don’t let the sun set on your anger nor leave room for the devil;
• Use no foul language, only words good for edification;
• Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God (by giving way to any wrong temper, unholy word, or unrighteous action; or through conduct that would drive Him away like open and gross sins as theft and falsehood, anger in all forms, licentious thoughts and desires, ingratitude, neglect and resistance);
• Remove from yourself all anger, bitterness, fury, malice, reviling, shouting…
• Be kind, compassionate and forgiving…
Can we follow these guidelines, friends and fellow citizens?
• Put away the old self and the former way of life, which are corrupted through deceitful desires;
• Be renewed in the spirit of your minds; put on the new self, which is created in God’s way in righteousness and in holiness of truth;
• Put away falsehood; speak the truth;
• Do not sin even if angry; and when angry, don’t let the sun set on your anger nor leave room for the devil;
• Use no foul language, only words good for edification;
• Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God (by giving way to any wrong temper, unholy word, or unrighteous action; or through conduct that would drive Him away like open and gross sins as theft and falsehood, anger in all forms, licentious thoughts and desires, ingratitude, neglect and resistance);
• Remove from yourself all anger, bitterness, fury, malice, reviling, shouting…
• Be kind, compassionate and forgiving…
Can we follow these guidelines, friends and fellow citizens?
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