Ephesians 4:18-29

English Standard Version

¹⁸ They ^(A)are darkened in their understanding, ^(B)alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to ^(C)their hardness of heart. ¹⁹ They ^(D)have become callous and ^(E)have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. ²⁰ But that is not the way you ^(F)learned Christ!— ²¹ assuming that ^(G)you have heard about him and ^(H)were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, ²² to ^(I)put off ^(J)your old self,^[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through ^(K)deceitful desires, ²³ and ^(L)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴ and to put on ^(M)the new self, ^(N)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

²⁵ Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you ^(O)speak the truth with his neighbor, for ^(P)we are members one of another. ^26 (Q)Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷ and ^(R)give no opportunity to the devil. ²⁸ Let the thief no longer steal, but rather ^(S)let him labor, ^(T)doing honest work with his own hands, so ^(U)that he may have something to share with anyone in need. ^29 (V)Let 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 ^(W)grace to those who hear.