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。

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、

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

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

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,

弗可閹然媚世、希俗取容；務求變化氣質、重建新心。蓋惟如此、方能體驗天主盡善盡美之聖意耳。

不復徇人欲、惟循天主聖意、以度餘生。夫過去之日、與世俗同流合污、放縱恣肆、沈湎酒色、崇拜偶像、不已足乎？

切勿縱情恣慾、如異邦不識天主者所為也、凡因縱情、

與世俗同流合污、聽命於塵氛中之魔王。魔王者、即至今猶在悖逆心中活動之邪神也。

蓋吾人從前亦昏昧悖逆、徬徨岐途、縱情恣慾、險狠媢嫉；己實可惡、而轉以惡人。惟吾救主天主大發慈悲、不視人之行為、一惟彼之仁愛、藉重生之洗禮、賜吾人以救拔；

故應將一切卑污之心事、置諸死地，凡淫亂、卑污、邪情、惡慾、貪孌、莫非崇拜偶像之變相、而天主所以譴怒其悖逆之子者、正為此等事耳。爾等舊日生活、亦嘗沉溺於此；

意志虛妄、理智昏昧、冥頑不靈、而自絕於天主之生命。蓋若輩良心既泯、宜其縱情恣慾、甘處下流、此固非爾等所學於基督者也。爾等果已得其真傳。受其薰陶、則應痛革前非、棄絕故我、不復沉湎聲色、日趨朽壞。

昔在蒙昧之世、天主尚予優容、今已檄曉人群、咸當幡然悔改、

勿為浮言所惑、蓋天主義怒之臨於悖逆諸子、正為此耳。

既因受洗而與之同死、亦即與之同葬矣。既與之同葬、乃亦與之同被天父之恩光、而自死中復活。於是吾人所現有者、乃為煥然一新之生命。