How should the Christian live be lived?

Now that Paul has finished his explanation of the gospel, he turns his attention more fully to the way life should be lived in light of it. Paul follows this basic pattern of gospel presentation followed by ethical exhortation in all his letters (Gal. 5:13-6:10; 1 Thess. 4:1-5:22; Col. 3:1-4:6; Eph. 4:1-6:20). This is Paul's way of essentially saying, "Become what you already are in Christ." The ethical life of the gospel is not to be a burden of things a believer has to do to become a part of God's family. Believers ...