Following Jesus means putting off the old life and learning a distinctly Christlike way of treating one another.
Paul now moves from the health of the whole body to the everyday behavior of the people within it.
“You did not come to know Christ that way.”
There should be something noticeably different about people who have been formed by Jesus.
Paul describes conversion almost like changing clothes: put off the old self, be made new in the attitude of your minds, and put on the new self.
He then makes that extremely practical. The new life shows up in what we say, what we do with anger, how we handle conflict, how we speak about others, and whether we hold onto bitterness or extend forgiveness.
