19. In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves [a prey] to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity [that their depraved desires may suggest and demand].
20. But you did not so learn Christ!
21. Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as [all] Truth is in Jesus [embodied and personified in Him],
22. Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion;
23. And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
24. And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.
25. Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another. [Zech. 8:16.]
26. When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.