Ephesians Chapter 4, Verse 22
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22: αποθεσθαι υμας κατα την προτεραν αναστροφην τον παλαιον ανθρωπον τον φθειρομενον κατα τας επιθυμιας της απατης
22: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old
man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
22: To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is
corrupted according to the desire of error.
That ye put off. That you lay aside, or renounce. The manner in which the apostle states these duties renders it not improbable that there had been some instruction among them of a contrary character, and that it is possible there had been some teachers there who had not enforced, as they should have done, the duties of practical religion.
Concerning the former conversation. The word conversation here means conduct -- as it commonly does in the Bible. See "2Cor 1:12".
The meaning here is, "With respect to your former conduct or habits of life, lay aside all that pertained to a corrupt and fallen nature. You are not to lay everything aside that formerly pertained to you. Your dress, and manners, and modes of speech and intercourse, might have been in many respects correct. But everything that proceeded from sin; every habit, and custom, and mode of speech and of conduct that, was the result of depravity, is to be laid aside. The peculiar characteristics of an unconverted man you are to put off, and are to assume those which are the proper fruits of a renewed heart."
Which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.
