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that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
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Shedding Your Old Self
Commentators universally explain the 'old man' as our unregenerate, sinful nature. The command to 'put off' this old self is vividly compared to taking off old, filthy, or worn-out garments. This is a decisive act of renouncing your former way of life, like a beggar shedding rags for new clothes, as you embrace your new identity in Christ.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That you put off. That you lay aside, or renounce. The manner in which the apostle states these duties makes it likely that there had been…
That ye put away (αποθεσθα). Second aorist middle infinitive of αποτιθημ with the metaphor of putting off clothing or habits as απ…
19th Century
Anglican
Concerning the former way of life.—This relates to the conduct or way of life described above (Ephesians 4:17–19) as t…
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Baptist
Have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ; if indeed you have h…
Paul now gives the content of the teaching his readers received. Their previous lifestyle was to be discarded completely. They must forsake their o…
16th Century
Protestant
That you put off. He demands from a Christian repentance, or a new life, which he describes as consisting of self-denial and the regenerat…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That ye put off concerning the former conversation, the old man Which is the corruption of nature; why this is called a m…
The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus that having professed the gospel, they should not be like the …
