My brothers and sisters in Christ, “Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.”

My brothers and sisters in Christ, when we are changed by God, it is easy for us to recognize those who are still living like the Gentiles, they have no sense of shame, they live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity, with a craving for more; but this is not the way you and I who have been changed have come to know Christ; we certainly heard about him, and as his followers, we were taught the truth that is in Jesus. We were taught, with regard to our former way of life, to put off our old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires and to be renewed in the spirit of our minds, and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Praise the Lord!