AUV(i)
18 Their understanding [of spiritual things] is darkened and excluded from the [spiritual] life that God gives, because of the ignorance in their minds and the stubbornness in their hearts.
19 They have stopped caring [i.e., about morality], so God has abandoned them to lives of unrestrained indecency and to engage in all kinds of [moral] impurity, with a constant desire for more.
20 But you people did not learn Christ that way [i.e., the above described life is not compatible with a commitment to Christ].
21 [I am] assuming that you have heard Him [i.e., through the Gospel message] and were taught the truth that is in [harmony with] Jesus.
22 You were [taught] to put away [the conduct of] your former lifestyle, your old person who is being corrupted by deceitful desires,