Because of his former lifestyle and success he could say with authority, «The hopes and desires of the world [are] even more desolating... in realization than in aspiration.» (relevantmagazine.com)
During all that time, through the grace of God, they never returned to their former lifestyle. (firstthings.com)
Because converts were steeped in paganism, the church needed time to wean them away from their former lifestyle and to teach them the Christian lifestyle. (religion-online.org)