Thematic Bible: The old man

You were [taught] to put away [the conduct of] your former lifestyle, your old person who is being corrupted by deceitful desires, Verse ConceptsBecoming More Like ChristThe Sin NatureLustAttention SeekersThrowing AwaySelf DisciplineSelfishnessUnselfishnessCharacter Of WickedForsaking SinCrucifying Our FleshDeath To SelfOld NaturePeople Stripping OffAvoiding DeceitEvil DesiresPartyingChange And GrowthpersonalityMoral Decay

Or, do you not know that all of us who were immersed into Christ Jesus were immersed into His death? Therefore, we were buried with Him through [our] immersion [in water] into [a relationship with] His death, so that, just like Christ was raised up from the dead through the glorious power of the Father, so we also can [be raised up from the water to] live a new life. For, if we have become united with Christ in an act similar to His death [i.e., by being buried in water], we will also be [united with Him] in an act similar to His resurrection from the dead [i.e., our rising from the water to live a new life]. read more.
We know that our old self was [figuratively] crucified with Christ, in order that the body of sin [i.e., our whole life of sin] might be destroyed [i.e., become powerless to control our actions and thoughts], so that we should not be enslaved to the practice of sin any longer.