Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
to lay aside, with your former way of living, your old self which is on the way to destruction in accordance with its deceptive impulses;
New American Standard Bible
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you
King James Version
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Holman Bible
You took off
International Standard Version
Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,
A Conservative Version
for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,
American Standard Version
that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
Amplified
that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,
An Understandable Version
You were [taught] to put away [the conduct of] your former lifestyle, your old person who is being corrupted by deceitful desires,
Anderson New Testament
that, as to your former life, you put off the old man, which is corrupt, according to its deceitful desires,
Bible in Basic English
That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
Common New Testament
You were taught, with regard to your former manner of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful lusts;
Daniel Mace New Testament
to quit the vicious habits of your former conversation, corrupted by deceitful passions:
Darby Translation
namely your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
Godbey New Testament
that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception;
Goodspeed New Testament
You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions.
John Wesley New Testament
concerning your former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt, according to the deceitful desires:
Julia Smith Translation
For you to put away according to the former mode of life the old man, corrupted according to the eager desires of deceit;
King James 2000
That you put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Lexham Expanded Bible
[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,
Modern King James verseion
For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,
Moffatt New Testament
you must lay aside the old nature which belonged to your former course of life, that nature which crumbles to ruin under the passions of moral deceit,
Montgomery New Testament
You have learned to lay aside, with your former manner of living, the old self who was on his way to ruin, as he followed the desires which deceive;
NET Bible
You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
New Heart English Bible
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
Noyes New Testament
that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit,
Sawyer New Testament
that you should lay aside your former mode of life the old man destroyed by deceitful desires,
The Emphasized Bible
That ye were to strip off - as regardeth the former behaviour - the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
that ye put off respecting your former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful passions;
Twentieth Century New Testament
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
Webster
That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts:
Weymouth New Testament
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,
World English Bible
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
Worrell New Testament
that ye put off, as to your former manner of life, the old man, who is corrupt according to the desires of deceit;
Worsley New Testament
which according to your former conversation was corrupted with deceitful lusts,
Youngs Literal Translation
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Corrupt
Error » Definition of » Sin deceptive
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Lessons of life » Truly learned, purify the soul
Life » Lessons of » Truly learned, purify the soul
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Putting off the old man which is corrupt
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Deceptive
Sin » Excuses offered for » To be forsaken
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 4:22
Images Ephesians 4:22
Prayers for Ephesians 4:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Appeal For New Behavior
21 if, as I take it, you have heard Him and in union with Him have been taught the truth as it is seen in Jesus, 22 to lay aside, with your former way of living, your old self which is on the way to destruction in accordance with its deceptive impulses; 23 and to have a new attitude of mind
Cross References
Romans 6:6
for we know that our former self was crucified with Him, to make our body that is liable to sin inactive, so that we might not a moment longer continue to be slaves to sin.
Hebrews 3:13
but day by day, as long as "Today" shall last, continue to encourage one another, so that not one of you may be hardened by sin's deceiving ways,
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,
James 1:21
So strip yourselves of everything impure and all the evils prevailing around you, and in humble spirit welcome the message which when rooted in your hearts is able to save your souls.
Ephesians 4:25
So you must lay aside falsehood and each of you practice telling the truth to his neighbor, for we are parts of one another.
Romans 7:11
For sin found its rallying point in that command and through it deceived me and killed me.
Galatians 1:13
You have heard, indeed, of my former conduct as an adherent of the Jewish religion, how I kept on furiously persecuting the church of God, and tried to destroy it,
Ephesians 2:3
once lived while gratifying the cravings of our lower nature, as we continued to carry out the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were exposed to God's wrath, as the rest of mankind.
Ephesians 4:17
So I mean this and now testify to it in the name of the Lord: You must now stop living as the heathen usually do, in the frivolity of their minds,
Colossians 2:11
And through your union with Him you once received, not a hand-performed circumcision but one performed by Christ, in stripping you of your lower nature,
Colossians 3:7-9
You too used to practice these sins, when you used to live that sort of life.
Titus 3:3
For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.
1 Peter 1:18
because you know that you have not been ransomed with things that perish as silver or gold, from the futile way of living taught by your fathers,
1 Peter 2:1-2
So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,
1 Peter 4:3
For the time that is past is enough for you to have accomplished what the heathen like to do, leading lives that are steeped in sensuality, lustful desires, drunkenness, carousing, revelry, dissipation, and idolatry that leads to lawlessness,
2 Peter 2:7
and saved the upright Lot who was constantly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless men --
2 Peter 2:13
They think their daily luxurious living real pleasure; they are spots and blots, deceitfully living in luxurious pleasure while they continue their religious feasting with you.