So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,