1Pet2:1So put away [rid yourselves of] all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2Like newborn infants, long for [crave] the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to [in your] salvation-- 3if indeed [now that] you have tasted that the Lord is good. - ESV
Rm1:18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the
godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since
what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to
them. 20For since the creation of the world
God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been
clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without
excuse.
21For although they knew
God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their
thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although
they claimed to be wise, they became fools
23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God
for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24Therefore
God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for
the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They
exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things
rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen. ..... 28Furthermore,
since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave
them over to a depraved2 mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They
have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.
They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers,
God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil;
they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless,
heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that
those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very
things but also approve of those who practice them. - NIV
2 - deprave: to make bad, to corrupt morally, degrade with unsound
principles or moral values. ^
Challenge: True Life