11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 4:22
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
Ephesians 4:22 in 11 translations
- WEB 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;
- KJV King James Version
- That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- ASV 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;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- concerning the former behavior you are to put off the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- So get rid of your former lifestyle, that old nature that ruins you through deceptive desires!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
- DBY Darby Translation
- [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀποθέσθαι | apothesthai | to put off | G659 ἀποτίθημι to put aside |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | your | G4771 σύ you |
| κατὰ | kata | — | G2596 κατά according to |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| προτέραν | proteran | former | G4386 πρότερον previously |
| ἀναστροφὴν | anastrophēn | way of life | G391 ἀναστροφή behaviour |
| τὸν | ton | [your] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| παλαιὸν | palaion | old | G3820 παλαιός old |
| ἄνθρωπον | anthrōpon | self | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| τὸν | ton | which | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| φθειρόμενον | phtheiromenon | is being corrupted | G5351 φθείρω to destroy |
| κατὰ | kata | by | G2596 κατά according to |
| τὰς | tas | [its] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐπιθυμίας | epithymias | desires | G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀπάτης | apatēs | deceitful | G539 ἀπάτη deceit |
Related verses
- Romans 6:6
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
- Hebrews 12:1
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- James 1:21
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- 1 Peter 2:1–2
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,
- Hebrews 3:13
but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
- Colossians 3:7–9
You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth. Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
- Titus 3:3
For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
- Ephesians 4:25
Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
- Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
- 1 Peter 4:3
For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
20 But you did not learn Christ that way;
21 if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
Read all of Ephesians 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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