¹⁶ Therefore we ^(A)do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our ^(B)inner person is ^(C)being renewed day by day.

¹⁶ that He would grant you, according to ^(A)the riches of His glory, to be ^(B)strengthened with power through His Spirit in ^(C)the inner ^[a]self,

¹⁹ and to know ^(A)the love of Christ which ^(B)surpasses knowledge, that you may be ^(C)filled to all the ^(D)fullness of God.

^20 (E)Now to Him who is ^(F)able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, ^(G)according to the power that works within us,

^14 [a]As a result, we are ^(A)no longer to be children, ^(B)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by ^(C)craftiness ^[b]in ^(D)deceitful scheming; ¹⁵ but ^[c]speaking the truth ^(E)in love, ^[d]we are to ^(F)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the ^(G)head, that is, Christ,

²² that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to ^(A)rid yourselves of the ^(B)old ^[a]self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the ^(C)lusts of deceit, ²³ and that you are to be ^(D)renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴ and to ^(E)put on the ^(F)new ^[b]self, which ^[c](G)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

¹⁰ and have ^(A)put on the new self, which is being ^[a](B)renewed to a true knowledge ^(C)according to the image of the One who ^(D)created it—