^15 (A)They rejected His statutes and ^(B)His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And ^(C)they followed vanity and ^(D)became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the ^(E)Lord had commanded them not to do like them.

⁵ Thus says the Lord,

The Christian’s Walk

^17 (A)So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, ^(B)that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the ^(C)futility of their mind, ¹⁸ being ^(D)darkened in their understanding, ^[a](E)excluded from the life of God because of the ^(F)ignorance that is in them, because of the ^(G)hardness of their heart; ¹⁹ and they, having ^(H)become callous, ^(I)have given themselves over to ^(J)sensuality ^[b]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. ²⁰ But you did not ^(K)learn ^[c]Christ in this way, ²¹ if indeed you ^(L)have heard Him and have ^(M)been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, ²² that, in reference to your former manner of life, you ^(N)lay aside the ^(O)old ^[d]self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^(P)lusts of deceit, ²³ and that you be ^(Q)renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and ^(R)put on the ^(S)new ^[e]self, which ^[f](T)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

²⁵ Therefore, ^(U)laying aside falsehood, ^(V)speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are ^(W)members of one another. ^26 (X)Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷ and do not ^(Y)give the devil ^[g]an opportunity. ²⁸ He who steals must steal no longer; but rather ^(Z)he must labor, ^(AA)performing with his own hands what is good, ^(AB)so that he will have something to share with ^[h]one who has need. ²⁹ Let no ^[i](AC)unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for ^(AD)edification ^[j]according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. ^30 (AE)Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^[k]by whom you were ^(AF)sealed for the day of redemption. ^31 (AG)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be ^(AH)put away from you, along with all ^(AI)malice. ^32 (AJ)Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, ^(AK)just as God in Christ also has forgiven ^[l]you.