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I. WHAT EVEN CHRISTIANS WERE. Their lives and characters were distinguished by —

1. Folly;

2. Disobedience;

3. Liability to deception;

4. Sensuality;

5. Passion;

6. Unloveliness;

7. Unbrotherliness.

II. WHAT CHRISTIANS BECOME. Their lives display —

1. Humility of spirit;

2. Gentleness in action;

3. Truthfulness in word.

(F. Wagstaff.)

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KJV: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

WEB: For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.