I am going to grab my King Jimmy for verse 14, he shoots really straight.
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance…
I hope I qualify for those first three words,
“As obedient children.”
I am glad he did not say, “Those of you who are obedient children…” because then I would have to decide if what follows pertains to me or not. Perhaps I would not even read on.
I am comforted to know that those things I used to do when people thought I was one cool dude, I was doing in ignorance.
But now things are different.
I am not ignorant.
And I have both (1) the ability to make a decision and (2) the power within to bring that decision to full bloom,
to not fashion myself, with those old habits,
to not be conformed [ESV] to them,
to no let me be molded ugly [MSV].
No ignorance anymore.
No powerlessness anymore.
This is all so much cooler than before.