8 for ^eat one time you were ^fdarkness, but now you are light in the Lord. ^gWalk as ^hchildren of light 9 (for the ⁱfruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and try to ^jdiscern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 ^kTake no part in the unfruitful ^lworks of darkness, but instead expose them.

Walk in Love

1 Therefore ^rbe imitators ^sof God, as beloved children.

9 But you are ^ga chosen race, ^ha royal priesthood, a holy nation, ⁱa people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^jout of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 ^kOnce you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

1 ^vWhat shall we say then? ^wAre we to continue in sin that ^xgrace may abound? 2 By no means! ^yHow can we who died to sin still live in it?

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its ^qpassions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ^rpresent yourselves to God as those who have been brought ^sfrom death to life, and your members to God as instruments ^tfor righteousness.