4:17 所以我说,且在主里确实地说,你们行事,不要再像外邦人存虚妄的心行事。
4:18 他们心地昏昧,与 神所赐的生命隔绝了,都因自己无知,心里刚硬;
4:19 良心既然丧尽,就放纵私欲,贪行种种的污秽。
4:20 你们学了基督,却不是这样。
4:21 如果你们听过他的道,领了他的教,学了他的真理,
4:22 就要脱去你们从前行为上的旧人,这旧人是因私欲的迷惑渐渐变坏的。
4:23 又要将你们的心志改换一新,
4:24 并且穿上新人,这新人是照着 神的形像造的,有真理的仁义和圣洁。
4:25 所以你们要弃绝谎言,各人与邻舍说实话,因为我们是互相为肢体。
4:26 生气却不要犯罪,不可含怒到日落;
4:27 也不可给魔鬼留地步。
4:28 从前偷窃的,不要再偷;总要劳力,亲手做正经事,就可有余,分给那缺少的人。
4:29 污 秽 的 言 语 一 句 不 可 出 口 , 只 要 随 事 说 造 就 人 的 好 话 , 叫 听 见 的 人 得 益 处 。
4:30 不 要 叫 神 的 圣 灵 担 忧 ; 你 们 原 是 受 了 他 的 印 记 , 等 候 得 赎 的 日 子 来 到 。
4:31 一 切 苦 毒 、 恼 恨 、 忿 怒 、 嚷 闹 、 毁 谤 , 并 一 切 的 恶 毒 ( 或 作 : 阴 毒 ) , 都 当 从 你 们 中 间 除 掉 ;
4:32 并 要 以 恩 慈 相 待 , 存 怜 悯 的 心 , 彼 此 饶 恕 , 正 如 神 在 基 督 里 饶 恕 了 你 们 一 样 。
17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
20You, however, did not come to know Christ that way.
21Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
23to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
26"In your anger do not sin" : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
27and do not give the devil a foothold.
28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.