I exhort you, therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling wherewith ye were called: -

This, therefore, am I saying and protesting in the Lord: - that, no longer, ye walk even as, the nations, walk - in the vanity of their minds,

Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,

Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, - not as unwise, but as wise, -

Stand therefore, - having girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness,