Ephesians 4:22

New Living Translation

²²throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.

Ephesians 4:22

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²²You took off^[a]^(A) your former way of life,^(B) the old self^[b]^(C) that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

Footnotes

Ephesians 4:22 Or Jesus. This means: take off (as a command)
Ephesians 4:22 Lit man; = a person before conversion

Ephesians 4:22

The Voice

²²then you know to take off your former way of life, your crumpled old self—that dark blot of a soul corrupted by deceitful desire and lust—

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Ephesians 4:22-24

The Message

^20-24But that’s no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.

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Ephesians 4:22

Amplified Bible

²²that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,

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