“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
King James Version (KJV)
4:22 The old man - That is, the whole body of sin. All sinful desires are deceitful; promising the happiness which they cannot give.
Eph 4:22 Ye put off concerning the former conversation. The deeds. The old man. The old sinful life, in contrast with "the new man" (Eph 4:24), or new life in Christ.
That yee put off concerning the former conuersation, the olde man, which is corrupt according to the deceitfull lusts:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- American Standard Version (1901)
That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
- Basic English Bible
[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
- Darby Bible
That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts:
- Webster's Bible
to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,
- Weymouth Bible
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- World English Bible
Do ye awey bi the elde lyuyng the elde man, that is corrupt bi the desiris of errour;
- Wycliffe Bible
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
- Youngs Literal Bible