Ephesians 4:22
22Regarding your former way of life, you were taught ▼▼The Gk. lacks you were taught
to strip off your old man, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,Rom 6:6; Eph 2:2-3, 17; Col 2:11; 3:7-9; Heb 12:1; 1Pet 2:1; 4:3 Ephesians 4:25
25Living As God's PeopleTherefore, stripping off falsehood, “let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor,” ▼▼Zech 8:16
for we are members of one another.Zech 8:16; Rom 12:5; Eph 4:15; Col 3:9 Ephesians 4:31
31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.Col 3:8, 19; Titus 3:2-3; James 4:11; 1Pet 2:1Colossians 3:8
8But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene language from your mouth, and all such sins.Eph 4:22, 29; 5:4; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 1Pet 2:1Hebrews 12:1
1We Must Look Off to JesusTherefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles ▼▼Other mss. read distracts
us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,Rom 12:12; 1Cor 9:24; Phil 3:13-14; Col 3:8; Heb 10:36; 1Pet 2:1 James 1:21
21Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.Acts 13:26; Rom 1:16; 1Cor 15:2; Eph 1:13; Col 3:8; Titus 2:11; Heb 2:3; 1Pet 1:9; 2:1James 5:9
9Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!Matt 24:33; 1Cor 4:5; James 4:111 Peter 4:2
2so that he can live the rest of his time in the flesh guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God.John 1:13; Rom 6:11; 14:7; 2Cor 5:15; Gal 2:20; James 1:18; 1Pet 1:14; 2:1
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