You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, "Get out!"

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Filthiness

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting -- all of which are out of character -- but rather thanksgiving.

And receive

May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

Seek the Lord's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord's angry judgment.

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us."

in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

The engrafted

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,

For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

Which

Brothers, descendants of Abraham's family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

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

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.

And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) -- when you believed in Christ -- you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

because you are attaining the goal 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 replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"

because you are attaining the goal of your faith -- the salvation of your souls.