Parallel Verses
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,
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:
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;
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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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 at least you have heard His voice and in Him have been taught--and this is true Christian teaching-- 22 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, 23 and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves
Cross References
Romans 6:6
This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;
Hebrews 3:13
On the contrary encourage one another, day after day, so long as To-day lasts, so that not one of you may be hardened through the deceitful character of sin.
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
James 1:21
Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble spirit the Message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
Ephesians 4:25
For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another.
Romans 7:11
For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death.
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;
Ephesians 2:3
Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
Ephesians 4:17
Therefore I warn you, and I implore you in the name of the Master, no longer to live as the Gentiles in their perverseness live,
Colossians 2:11
In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not performed by hand, when you threw off your sinful nature in true Christian circumcision;
Colossians 3:7-9
and you also were once addicted to them, while you were living under their power.
Titus 3:3
For there was a time when we also were deficient in understanding, obstinate, deluded, the slaves of various cravings and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.
James 1:26
If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
1 Peter 1:18
knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers,
1 Peter 2:1-2
Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
1 Peter 4:3
For you have given time enough in the past to the doing of the things which the Gentiles delight in-- pursuing, as you did, a course of habitual licence, debauchery, hard drinking, noisy revelry, drunkenness and unholy image-worship.
2 Peter 2:7
But when righteous Lot was sore distressed by the gross misconduct of immoral men He rescued him.
2 Peter 2:13
being doomed to receive a requital for their guilt. They reckon it pleasure to feast daintily in broad daylight. They are spots and blemishes, while feeding luxuriously at their love-feasts, and banqueting with you.