Ephesians 4:22

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Summary

Ephesians 4:22

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

Former

2 Peter 2:7

The old

Romans 6:6

Colossians 3:9

Deceitful

General references

Proverbs 23:3

Bible References

Former

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold,

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

The old

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

Deceitful

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.

Your presumptuous heart has deceived you -- you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, 'No one can bring me down to the ground!'

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.

General references

Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.