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

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God’s church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it.

and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

and if He rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the unrestrained behavior of the immoral

The old

For we know that our old self

was crucified with Him in order that sin’s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,

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

with its practices

Deceitful

The wicked man earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

As to the terror you cause,
your presumptuous heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Your presumptuous heart has deceived you,
you who live in clefts of the rock

in your home on the heights,
who say to yourself,
“Who can bring me down to the ground?”

For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

General references

don’t desire his choice food,
for that food is deceptive.