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 you did not learn about Christ like this, 21if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus. You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, 23to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from 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, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
• 1 Samuel 1:14So he said to her, “How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”
• Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,
• Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
• Colossians 2:11In him you also were circumcised – not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.
• Colossians 3:8But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
• James 1:21So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
• 1 Peter 2:1So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
• Ephesians 4:17So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
• Ephesians 2:3among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
• Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.
• Colossians 3:7You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.
• 1 Peter 1:18You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,
• 1 Peter 4:3For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
• 2 Peter 2:7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

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