and how surpassingly great his power is for us who believe; like the mighty strength

We all lived among them once, indulging our physical cravings and obeying the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were doomed to God's wrath like other men.

So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

So follow God's example, like his dear children,

For once you were sheer darkness, but now, as Christians, you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

Be very careful, then, about the way you live. Do not act thoughtlessly, but like sensible men,

not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but like slaves of Christ, carrying out the will of God.