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

2 Peter 2:13

Bible References

Former

Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds,

Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

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

In these you once walked, when you lived in them.

You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

For you have spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men

The old

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

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

Deceitful

For sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another.

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.

suffering wrong for their wrongdoing. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you.