You shall also defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away like a menstruous cloth. You shall say to it, Get away.

Cast away from you all your sins by which you have sinned; and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),

Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Therefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings, and all evil speakings,

Filthiness

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.

And I will sprinkle clean waters on you, and you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from your idols.

Then having these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

neither baseness, foolish talking, jesting, which are not becoming, but rather giving of thanks.

And receive

The meek He will guide in judgment; and the meek He will teach His way.

And the meek shall increase joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Seek Jehovah, all the meek of the earth who have done His justice; seek righteousness; seek meekness. It may be you shall be hidden in the day of Jehovah's anger.

Blessed are the meek! For they shall inherit the earth.

Therefore I immediately sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now therefore we are all here present before God to hear all things that are commanded you by God.

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

And for this cause we thank God without ceasing, that when you received the Word of hearing, of God, you welcomed it as the Word of God, not as a word of men, but as it is, truly the Word of God, which also effectually works in you who believe.

The engrafted

It is the Spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and are life.

But thanks be to our God that you were the slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

For also we have had the gospel preached, as well as them. But the Word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

Which

Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, the Word of this salvation is sent to you.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

by which you also are being kept safe, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

in whom also you, hearing the Word of Truth, the gospel of our salvation, in whom also believing, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

and that from a babe you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by those who heard Him;

obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

General references

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

But He said, No; rather, blessed are they who hear the Word of God and keep it.

obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.