THEOSISEphesians 4:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error.
αποθεσθαι υμας κατα την προτεραν αναστροφην τον παλαιον ανθρωπον τον φθειρομενον κατα τας επιθυμιας της απατης
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Rom 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.
- Heb 12:1And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:
- Jas 1:21Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- 1 Pet 2:1Wherefore laying away all malice and all guile and dissimulations and envies and all detractions,
- 1 Pet 2:2As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation:
- Heb 3:13But exhort one another every day, whilst it is called to day, that none of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
- Col 3:7In which you also walked some time, when you lived in them.
The original text
Greek text, 16 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- ἀποθέσθαιapothesthaiI lay off or asideG659 · ἀποτίθημι
- ὑμᾶςhymasyouG4771 · σύ
- κατὰkatadown fromG2596 · κατά
- τὴνtēntheG3588 · ὁ
- προτέρανproteranformerG4387 · πρότερος
- ἀναστροφὴνanastrophēnbehaviorG391 · ἀναστροφή
- τὸνtontheG3588 · ὁ
- παλαιὸνpalaionoldG3820 · παλαιός
- ἄνθρωπονanthrōpona manG444 · ἄνθρωπος
- τὸνtontheG3588 · ὁ
- φθειρόμενονphtheiromenonI corruptG5351 · φθείρω
- κατὰkatadown fromG2596 · κατά
- τὰςtastheG3588 · ὁ
- ἐπιθυμίαςepithymiasdesireG1939 · ἐπιθυμία
- τῆςtēstheG3588 · ὁ
- ἀπάτηςapatēsdeceitG539 · ἀπάτη