16. He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, he makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
17. So I tell you and encourage you in the Lord’s name not to live any longer like other people in the world. Their minds are set on worthless things.
18. They can’t understand because they are in the dark. They are excluded from the life that God approves of because of their ignorance and stubbornness.
19. Since they no longer have any sense of shame, they have become promiscuous. They practice every kind of sexual perversion with a constant desire for more.
20. But that is not what you learned from Christ’s teachings.
21. You have certainly heard his message and have been taught his ways. The truth is in Jesus.
22. You were taught to change the way you were living. The person you used to be will ruin you through desires that deceive you.
23. However, you were taught to have a new attitude.
24. You were also taught to become a new person created to be like God, truly righteous and holy.
25. So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, because we are all members of the same body.
26. Be angry without sinning. Don’t go to bed angry.
27. Don’t give the devil any opportunity ⌊to work⌋.