TSK · Ephesians 2:3

But the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Conversation with Nicodemus Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Self-Purification 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.

But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

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,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.