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2 to slander no one, to be peaceful, to be considerate [or, “gentle”] and to show every courtesy to all people.
3 For we [Christians] were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various kinds of [evil] desires and [sinful] pleasures. [We used to] live in malice and envy, hating people and being hated by them.
4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward mankind appeared,
5 He saved us, not because of any good deeds we ourselves had done, but because of His mercy. [He saved us] through the washing of new birth [Note: This refers to our immersion in water] and the renewing [work] of the Holy Spirit,
6 whom God poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.