Ephesians 4:22
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
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;
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:14and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, 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.
Romans 6:6We 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.
Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the other Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
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 →