Teaching us that, denying ungodliness —Ungodliness is living ones life as if God does not exist. and worldly lusts, — Worldly lusts are those things which keep us connected to the world and separated from God. And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind (Matthew 22:37). Paul explains that God’s grace teaches one to avoid living like the heathens who either deny the existence of God or make idols out of any and everything.we should live soberly, —once again the emphasis is to remember the seriousness if the Christian life.righteously, —Meaning he is to live right in the sight of God. Jesus said:, If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments (John 14:15). The righteous man will be eager to seek the will of the Father and to submit himself to the service of his Savoir.and godly, in this present world; —This means to give God His due. The Christian has an obligation to live righteously and to love his fellow man. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another (John 13:34).

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