Ephesians 4:22
for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus,
23and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:14And Eli said to her, How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.
Proverbs 11:18A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one according to his ways, says lord LORD. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be inactivated, no longer to enslave us to sin.
Galatians 1:13For ye heard of my former behavior in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God to extraordinariness, and ravaged it.
Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32
Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →