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October 16, 2017
Ancient Ephesus was riddled with impurity, covetousness, and distorted sexuality. When the apostle Paul wrote to believers in the city, then, he encouraged them to be markedly different from the surrounding culture. Alistair Begg brings Paul’s exhortations into the twenty-first century, urging us to do likewise. Our lives are to reflect the love of God, doing to others what He has done for us in light of the cross, that they may in turn be drawn to Jesus Christ and believe.
20But that is not the way you llearned Christ!— 21assuming that myou have heard about him and nwere taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22to oput off pyour old self,6 which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through qdeceitful desires, 23and rto be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24and to put on sthe new self, tcreated after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
25Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you uspeak the truth with his neighbor, for vwe are members one of another. 26wBe angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27and xgive no opportunity to the devil. 28Let the thief no longer steal, but rather ylet him labor, zdoing honest work with his own hands, so athat he may have something to share with anyone in need. 29bLet no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give cgrace to those who hear. 30And ddo not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, eby whom you were sealed for the day of fredemption. 31gLet all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32hBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, iforgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
1jTherefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2And kwalk in love, las Christ loved us and mgave himself up for us, a nfragrant ooffering and sacrifice to God.
3But psexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness qmust not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. 4Let there be rno filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, swhich are out of place, but instead tlet there be thanksgiving.
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