Ephesians 4:22

Ephesians 4:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
• New International Version (NIV)You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
• English Standard Version (ESV)to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Context of Ephesians 4:22

20But that is not how you came to know Christ, 21assuming you heard about him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus, to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires, 23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Ephesians 4:22 word by word

ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• That yeσύsu · youG4771
• put offἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• concerningκατάkata · according toG2596
• the formerπρότερονproteron · previouslyG4386
• conversationἀναστροφήanastrophē · behaviourG391
• the oldπαλαιόςpalaios · oldG3820
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• corruptφθείρωphtheirō · to destroyG5351
• the deceitfulἀπάτηapatē · deceitG539
• lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:22

• Ephesians 4:25Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
• 1 Samuel 1:14and said to her, “How long are you going to be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
• Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent
• Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your rebellious acts, so they will not become a sinful stumbling block to you.
• Colossians 2:11You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,
• Colossians 3:8But now, put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
• James 1:21Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
• 1 Peter 2:1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
• Ephesians 4:17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.
• Ephesians 2:3We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
• Galatians 1:13For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.
• Colossians 3:7and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.
• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
• 1 Peter 4:3For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
• 2 Peter 2:7and if he rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the depraved behavior of the immoral

Commentaries on Ephesians 4:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22That ye put off - And this has been one especial part of our teaching, that ye should abandon all these, and live a life totally opposite to what it was before. The old man - See the note on Romans 6:6, and especially see the notes on Romans 13:13, Romans 13:14; (note). Which is corrupt - The whole of your former life was corrupt and abominable; ye lived in the pursuit of pleasure and happiness; ye sought this in the gratification of the lusts of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22That ye put off - That you lay aside, or renounce. The manner in which the apostle states those duties, renders it not improbable that there had been some instruction among them of a contrary character, and that it is possible there had been some teachers there who had not enforced, as they should bare done, the duties of practical religion. Concerning the former conversation - The word “conversation” here means conduct - as it commonly does in the Bible…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancies and carnal affections. Do not men, on every side, walk in the vanity of their minds? Must not we then urge the distinction between real and nominal Christians? They were void of all saving knowledge; they sat in darkness, and loved it rather than…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-24What you learned about Christ is the truth that comes from him. He gives true understanding (compare John 14:6). He calls his people to a completely new way of life (compare Romans 6:3–14; 13:12–14; Colossians 3:8–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. That ye--following "Ye have been taught" (Ep 4:21). concerning the former conversation--"in respect to your former way of life." the old man--your old unconverted nature (Ro 6:6). is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts--rather, "which is being corrupted ('perisheth,' compare Ga 6:8, 'corruption,' that is, destruction) according to (that is, as might be expected from) the lusts of deceit." Deceit is personified; lusts are its servants and tools…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 4:22

• Character
• Depravity of Man
• Holiness
• Lust
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Old Man
• Bitterness
• Compact
• Conversation
• Dark
• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Forbear
• Grieve
• Lasciviousness
• Lowliness

Commentaries on Ephesians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings