22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

Other Translations of Ephesians 4:22

King James Version

22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

English Standard Version

22 to put off your old self,Greek man; also verse 24 which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

The Message

22 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,

New King James Version

22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

New Living Translation

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

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ephesians 4:22

Commentary on Ephesians 4:17-24

(Read Ephesians 4:17-24)

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 as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancies and carnal affections. Do not men, on every side, walk in the vanity of their minds? Must not we then urge the distinction between real and nominal Christians? They were void of all saving knowledge; they sat in darkness, and loved it rather than light. They had a dislike and hatred to a life of holiness, which is not only the way of life God requires and approves, and by which we live to him, but which has some likeness to God himself in his purity, righteousness, truth, and goodness. The truth of Christ appears in its beauty and power, when it appears as in Jesus. The corrupt nature is called a man; like the human body, it is of divers parts, supporting and strengthening one another. Sinful desires are deceitful lusts; they promise men happiness, but render them more miserable; and bring them to destruction, if not subdued and mortified. These therefore must be put off, as an old garment, a filthy garment; they must be subdued and mortified. But it is not enough to shake off corrupt principles; we must have gracious ones. By the new man, is meant the new nature, the new creature, directed by a new principle, even regenerating grace, enabling a man to lead a new life of righteousness and holiness. This is created, or brought forth by God's almighty power.