Sometimes the sin is easily seen and removed and sometimes it is not as detectable as it masquerades as the genuine article. Rooting out sin and the issues that bind us requires strength, agility and flexibility. It also requires that we care for and nurture the genuine aspects that God is desiring to grow and mature. As I said earlier, gardeners deal with weeds in various ways. Some remove the big weeds first and then go through and remove the smaller, more difficult ones.
Some gardeners go through a section at a time and remove everything as they go.
Some gardeners till up the soil around their flowers to loosen the roots and then remove the offending plants. The end result is the same. The weeds are removed. The process may be fast or it may take a great deal of time. It depends on how deeply rooted the weeds are.