These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body – a wisdom with no true value – they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.