Today's Verse: Ephesians 4:17-19 (ESV)
The New Life
17 Now this I say and dtestify in the Lord, ethat you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, fin the futility of their minds. 18 They gare darkened in their understanding, halienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to itheir hardness of heart. 19 They jhave become callous and khave given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
d 1 Thess. 2:12
e ver. 22; ch. 2:1–3; Col. 3:7; 1 Pet. 4:3
f Rom. 1:21; 1 Pet. 1:18; [Col. 2:18; 2 Pet. 2:18]
g [Rom. 11:10]
h See ch. 2:12
i See Mark 3:5
j [Prov. 23:35]; 1 Tim. 4:2
k [1 Kgs. 21:25; Rom. 1:24, 26, 28]
Paul is telling us that Christians should no longer walk with the rest of the world--- A world that is separated from God.
Today's Comments: If we read this verse, it almost sounds like Paul is talking to us today. Just substitute the words "Lutherans" or Episcopalians." Can we assume that in their corruption they have lost their understanding and because of their sinful actions they have given themselves into their sensual practices and impure activities?
The New Life
17 Now this I say and dtestify in the Lord, ethat you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, fin the futility of their minds. 18 They gare darkened in their understanding, halienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to itheir hardness of heart. 19 They jhave become callous and khave given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
d 1 Thess. 2:12
e ver. 22; ch. 2:1–3; Col. 3:7; 1 Pet. 4:3
f Rom. 1:21; 1 Pet. 1:18; [Col. 2:18; 2 Pet. 2:18]
g [Rom. 11:10]
h See ch. 2:12
i See Mark 3:5
j [Prov. 23:35]; 1 Tim. 4:2
k [1 Kgs. 21:25; Rom. 1:24, 26, 28]
Paul is telling us that Christians should no longer walk with the rest of the world--- A world that is separated from God.
Today's Comments: If we read this verse, it almost sounds like Paul is talking to us today. Just substitute the words "Lutherans" or Episcopalians." Can we assume that in their corruption they have lost their understanding and because of their sinful actions they have given themselves into their sensual practices and impure activities?
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