Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: sexual perversion, uncleanness, passion, evil lusts, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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

that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which is corrupted according to the deceitful lusts,

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so persistently harasses us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which has the power to save your souls.

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret; it only leads to evil.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off contention, before it breaks out.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, Empty head! shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, You fool! shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Let us walk decently, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkenness, not in cohabitation and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like men?

For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, evil speakings, whisperings, conceits, commotions;

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Be angry, but do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all wickedness.

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

But avoid foolish and unlearned questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

Besides, a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

for the wrath of man does not bring about the righteousness of God.

But if you have bitter envy and contention in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

For where envy and contention exist, there is confusion and every evil deed.

And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed; and so they brought him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I received mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?

Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, despise rulership, and speak evil of dignitaries.

And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has authority over these plagues; and they did not repent to give Him glory.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for the business of building up, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

Behold also the ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the helmsman desires.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, defiling the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by Gehenna.

and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the lustful behavior of the wicked

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, the ones who have actually escaped from those living in error.

Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, despise rulership, and speak evil of dignitaries.

raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.