Ephesians 4:22 “to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corr…”

Ephesians 4:22

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

World English Bible

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

American Standard Version

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

Geneva Bible 1599

That is, that yee cast off, concerning the conuersation in time past, that olde man, which is corrupt through the deceiueable lustes,

Darby Translation

[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;

Young's Literal Translation

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

Bible in Basic English

That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

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Cross references

“ye”

Hebrews 12:1 James 1:21 Ephesians 4:25 Ezekiel 18:30–32 Colossians 2:11 Job 22:23

Hebrews 12:1 · BSB

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

James 1:21 · BSB

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Ezekiel 18:30–32 · BSB

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Colossians 2:11 · BSB

In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

Job 22:23 · BSB

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

“former”

Ephesians 4:17 1 Peter 4:3 1 Peter 1:18 Ephesians 2:3 Galatians 1:13 2 Peter 2:7

Ephesians 4:17 · BSB

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

1 Peter 4:3 · BSB

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

1 Peter 1:18 · BSB

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

Ephesians 2:3 · BSB

All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

Galatians 1:13 · BSB

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

2 Peter 2:7 · BSB

and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

“the old”

Romans 6:6

Romans 6:6 · BSB

We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

“deceitful”

Hebrews 3:13 Titus 3:3 2 Peter 2:13 Obadiah 1:3 Proverbs 11:18 Jeremiah 49:16

Hebrews 3:13 · BSB

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

Titus 3:3 · BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

2 Peter 2:13 · BSB

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

Obadiah 1:3 · BSB

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Proverbs 11:18 · BSB

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Jeremiah 49:16 · BSB

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—

23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

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