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 ye did not so learn Christ; 21if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24and put on the new man, which after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of 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

• thatἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• putἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• asκατάkata · according toG2596
• yourὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• formerπρότεροςproteros · beforeG4387
• mannerἀναστροφήanastrophē · behaviourG391
• oldπαλαιόςpalaios · oldG3820
• lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• deceitἀπάτηapatē · deceitG539

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:22

• Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• 1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said unto 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 put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
• Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
• Colossians 2:11in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
• Colossians 3:8But now put ye also away all these; anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• James 1:21Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
• 1 Peter 2:1Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
• Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,
• Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—
• Galatians 1:13For ye have heard of my manner of life in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and made havock of it:
• Colossians 3:7in the which ye also walked aforetime, when ye lived in these things.
• 1 Peter 1:18knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;
• 1 Peter 4:3For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
• 2 Peter 2:7and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

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