Ephesians 4:17-19 ESV
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
What is the way of the Gentile who don't know God?
_ Their minds are filled with futile & vain things - e.g. fame & recognition, wealth & money, power & status, showy achivements...
_ Their understanding is darkened by wrong perspective, e.g. the world is created by a random process which the strong destroy the weak.
_ They are alienated from the life of God - the life of peace, hope, love, and faith - because of their ignorance & hardened heart.
With a futile mind, a darkened understanding, an ignorant & hardened heart, they freely follow the desire of their flesh and become callous to their conscience, given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
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