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.

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.

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,

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 copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy— their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.

not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.

You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil— the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.But— When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love,he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.

So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming.You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world.

Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.But that isn’t what you learned about Christ.Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him,throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.

“ God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.

Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.

For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.