Here we enter into a unit of 13 verses in which Paul asserts an assortment of ethical commands. How are we to view it and how does it fit with the larger context? Is it simply a grab bag of Christian teaching or is there more going on here? In this message we discover that what Paul shares here is the fleshing out of God’s good, pleasing and perfect will mentioned back in v.2. And this list of ethical imperatives begins with love — a love that must be genuine, that undergirds all that follows.
