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Ephesians 4:22
22[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
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 ye have not thus learnt the Christ, 21if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus; [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts; 23and being renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
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ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ephesians 4:22
- Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
- 1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
- Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
- Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your snare.
- Colossians 2:11in whom also ye have been circumcised with circumcision not done by hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ;
- Colossians 3:8But now, put off, ye also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
- Hebrews 12:1Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
- James 1:21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- 1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
- Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
- Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
- Galatians 1:13For ye have heard [what was] my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;
- Colossians 3:7In which ye also once walked when ye lived in these things.
- 1 Peter 1:18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,
- 1 Peter 4:3For the time past [is] sufficient [for us] to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.
- 2 Peter 2:7and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,
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
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- 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
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