Ephesians 4:21-25
Amplifed….
If in fact you have (really) heard him and have been taught by him, just as truth is in Jesus (revealed in his life and personified in him),
that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self (completely disregard your former nature), which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind (having a fesh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude),
and put on the new self (the regenerated and renewed nature ), created in God’s image, (godlike) in the righteousness and holiness of the truth (living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation).
Therefore, rejecting all falsehood (whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these),
SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are all parts one of another (and we are all parts of the body of (Christ).
*** WHEN YOU COME TO JESUS, YOU ARE BORN FROM ABOVE, BECOME A
CREATION. ***
*** YOUR OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU ANY MORE. ***
*** THERE IS A CONTINUAL PROCESS OF RENEWING IN YOUR MIND….YOUR THINKING BECOMES UNTARNISHED. ***
*** YOU HAVE A FRESH, NEW OUTLOOK ON
LIFE, GOD, YOURSELF. ***
*** YOU LIVE OUT YOUR “NEW” SELF….WHO YOU ARE BECOMING “IN CHRIST”. ***
*** YOU LIVE OUT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS THAT JESUS ENABLES YOU TO EXPRESS IN YOUR LIFE. ***
*** WE ARE TO REJECT FALSEHOOD. ***
*** NO LYING AND DEFRAUDING. ***
*** NO SPREADING RUMORS. ***
*** WE SPEAK TRUTH WITH OUR NEIGHBOR. ***
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