Why a Sovereign God is Crucial in Difficult Times 10

After diverging a bit from his focus on Christian living in 4:1, Paul returns to his instruction by stating, "you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking". He continues by precisely defining those negative behaviors, which he calls the "old self", and contrast that with the manner in which a genuine believer in Christ should walk, "the new self",