Ephesians 4:22

to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21if at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching--

23and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves

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Cross References

Romans 6:6This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;

Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;

Ephesians 4:17Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live,

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 →

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