Ephesians 4:22

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You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires,

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  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set before us.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
  • Heb 3:13 : 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow in your salvation,
  • 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
  • 2 Pet 2:13 : 13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to indulge in carousing during the day. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.
  • Col 3:7-9 : 7 You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices,
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
  • Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel? 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
  • 2 Pet 2:7 : 7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless,
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life, inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.
  • Rom 7:11 : 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
  • Gal 1:13 : 13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  • 1 Sam 1:14 : 14 Eli said to her, 'How long will you remain drunk? Put away your wine!'
  • Job 22:23 : 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice far from your tent,
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.
  • Obad 1:3 : 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ.
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.

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    5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

    6Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

    7You also once walked in these ways, when you were living in them.

    8But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

    9Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices,

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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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    3For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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    19They have become callous and have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

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    1And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.

    2In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient.

    3Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

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    21Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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