You should obey your Father. You shouldn’t give in to evil desires. They controlled your life when you didn’t know any better.

你们既作顺命的儿女，就不要效法从前蒙昧无知的时候那放纵私欲的样子。

作为顺服的儿女，就不要效法从前蒙昧无知的时候那放纵私欲的样子。

作为顺服的儿女，就不要效法从前蒙昧无知的时候那放纵私欲的样子。

你们既是顺服的儿女，就不要再像从前无知的时候那样放纵私欲。

你们既是顺服的儿女，就不要再效法从前无知的时候放纵私欲的生活。

做为顺从的儿女，不可效法你们原先愚昧无知时的那些欲望；

你們既作順命的兒女，就不要效法從前蒙昧無知的時候那放縱私慾的樣子。

作為順服的兒女，就不要效法從前蒙昧無知的時候那放縱私慾的樣子。

作為順服的兒女，就不要效法從前蒙昧無知的時候那放縱私慾的樣子。

你們既是順服的兒女，就不要再像從前無知的時候那樣放縱私慾。

你們既是順服的兒女，就不要再效法從前無知的時候放縱私慾的生活。

作為聽從的兒女，你們可不要和先前無知時的私慾同形狀啊。

做為順從的兒女，不可效法你們原先愚昧無知時的那些欲望；

如順命之子、不狥昔時無知之慾、

爾既為子、而悅從天父、則勿仍暗昧以狥欲、

爾既為順命之子、則毋如昔蒙昩之時、放縱嗜慾、

務為天主之孝子、毋復縱情恣慾、一如昔日未聞道時之所為也。

As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,

as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

As a result, they don’t live the rest of their earthly life for evil human desires. Instead, they live to do what God wants.You have spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life. You longed for evil things. You got drunk. You went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which the Lord hates.

Don’t desire to commit sexual sins like people who don’t know God.

You used to live as sinners when you followed the ways of this world. You served the one who rules over the spiritual forces of evil. He is the spirit who is now at work in those who don’t obey God.

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.But the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared.He saved us. It wasn’t because of the good things we had done. It was because of his mercy. He saved us by washing away our sins. We were born again. The Holy Spirit gave us new life.

So put to death anything that comes from sinful desires. Get rid of sexual sins and impure acts. Don’t let your feelings get out of control. Remove from your life all evil desires. Stop always wanting more and more. You might as well be worshiping statues of gods.God’s anger is going to come because of these things.That’s the way you lived at one time in your life.

They can’t understand the truth. They are separated from the life of God. That’s because they don’t know him. And they don’t know him because their hearts are stubborn.They have lost all feeling for what is right. So they have given themselves over to all kinds of evil pleasures. They take part in every kind of unclean act. And they are full of greed.But that is not the way of life in Christ that you learned about.You heard about Christ and were taught about life in him. What you learned was the truth about Jesus.You were taught not to live the way you used to. You must get rid of your old way of life. That’s because it has been made impure by the desire for things that lead you astray.

In the past, God didn’t judge people for what they didn’t know. But now he commands all people everywhere to turn away from their sins.

Don’t let anyone fool you with worthless words. People who say things like that aren’t obeying God. He is angry with them.

By being baptized, we were buried with Christ into his death. Christ has been raised from the dead by the Father’s glory. And like Christ we also can live a new life.