And I said to them, Let everyone cast away the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the devices of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Wash, and be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before My eyes; cease from your iniquities;

learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

And you shall pollute the plated idols, and you shall grind to powder the gilt ones, and shall scatter them as the water of a removed [woman], and you shall thrust them forth as dung.

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.

For if you live according to the flesh you shall die; but if by [the] Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live.

that you put off, concerning your former way of life, the old man which is being corrupted according to the deceitful lusts,

and that you put on the new man which was created in the likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness.

"Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun set on your anger,

Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working that which is good with his hands, in order that he may have something to share with him who has need.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us.

Therefore put to death your members on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old man with his practices,

Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves [after] the former lusts, [as you did in] your ignorance;

Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,

that he no longer should live the remaining time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

In regard to these, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same flood of debauchery, reviling you.

And I will give them another heart, and will put a new spirit within them; and will extract the heart of stone from their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh;

And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit in my inward parts.

And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear Me continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them.

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that seasons of relaxation may come from the presence of the Lord,

For if you live according to the flesh you shall die; but if by [the] Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live.

And do not fashion yourselves after this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and well pleasing and perfect will of God.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere love for the brothers, love one another fervently from a pure heart,

Say to them, Thus says the Lord: [As] I live, I desire not the death of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn heartily from your way; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Behold, I have set before you this day life and death, good and evil.

I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose life, that you and your seed may live;

But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls, and they that hate me love death.

And you shall say to this people, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I have set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

for I sent them not, says the Lord; and they prophesy [in] My name unjustly, that I might destroy you, and you should perish, and your prophets, who unrighteously prophesy lies to you.

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly said, "It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.