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Verse 22. _THAT YE PUT OFF_] And this has been one especial part of
our teaching, that ye should abandon all these, and live a life
totally opposite to what it was before.
_THE OLD MAN_] Romans 6:6,...
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THAT YE PUT OFF - That you lay aside, or renounce. The manner in which
the apostle states those duties, renders it not improbable that there
had been some instruction among them of a contrary characte...
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3. THE WALK IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Chapter S 4:17-5:21
_ 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17)_
2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20)
3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5
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THE OLD MAN AND THE NEW. Those who are now members of the true Israel
are no longer to walk as Gentiles, _i.e._ in the vanity of mind, the
darkness, the alienation from the Divine life which springs f...
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I say this and I solemnly lay it upon you in the Lord--you must no
longer live the kind of life the Gentiles live, for their minds are
concerned with empty things; their understandings are darkened; t...
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Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10)
With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians
1:1-23;...
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PUT OFF. put away. See Romans 13:12.
CONCERNING. App-104.
FORMER. Greek. _proteros._ Only here as adjective
CONVERSATION. Greek. _anastrophe._ Compare Galatians 1:1; Galatians
1:13
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_that ye put off_ The Gr. verb is the infinitive aorist. The tense
tends to denote singleness of crisis and action. Some would render
"that you have" (or "did) put off." But the better explanation, or...
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Practical Results: a spiritual revolution of principle and practice.
The Old Man and the New
17. _testify_ A word of solemn appeal occurring elsewhere in N. T.
only Acts 22:26 (St Paul speaking) and...
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ἈΠΟΘΈΣΘΑΙ. Romans 13:12; Colossians 3:8; cf. 1 Peter 2:1;
James 1:21; He
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17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
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THE CONTRAST IN PRINCIPLE
ΜΑΡΤΎΡΟΜΑΙ. Of solemn protest. Acts 20:26 (at Ephesus), Acts
26:22; Galatians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:12.
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DISCOURSE: 2111
THE OLD MAN, AND THE NEW
Ephesians 4:22. _That ye put off concerning the former conversation,
the old man, which is corrupt, according to the deceitful lusts; and
be renewed in the sp...
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THAT YE PUT OFF, &C.— The verbs _put off, be renewed,_ and _put on,_
in this and the following verses, are in the infinitive mood; which
shews their connection with the preceding words, and that the s...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2)
B.
Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
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(4:22) The contrasts continue. In Christ, "you were taught" that you
possessed an Old Nature associated with Adam. That inner nature, "your
old self", is constantly "being corrupted by its deceitful d...
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That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which
is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
THAT YE - following ye "have been taught" (Ephesians 4:21).
PUT OFF - as an old...
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Summary of Previous Grace
13 Before the revelation of the secret administration by means of this
epistle the saints among the nations were in a period of adolescence.
This is fully set forth by t...
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4:22 conversation (c-10) i.e. manner of life. itself (d-16) Or 'goes
on in corruption.' The Greek word is used for 'destroy' in 1
Corinthians 3:17 . The two thoughts combine here....
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UNITY OF THE NEW LIFE. RULES FOR THE NEW LIFE
The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical
exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support
exhortation.
1-6...
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PUT OFF] Like filthy, worn-out clothes, the old self had to be put
away. CONVERSATION has the old meaning of 'manner of life'
(Shakespeare,' 2 Hen. IV,' Ephesians 4:5): cp. 1 Peter 3:2; 2 Peter
2:7....
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
CHAPTER 4
What Paul taught in Chapter s 1-3 was first about God and his Son
Jesus Christ. Then it was about th...
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(22-24) These verses explain the substance of the teaching of
Ephesians 4:21. The original may be interpreted either of the teaching
of a fact, “that ye did put off... and are being renewed,” &c., or...
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CONCERNING THE FORMER CONVERSATION. — So far, that is, as concerns
the conversation or mode of life described above (Ephesians 4:17) as
the moral condition of heathenism. It is in relation to this, th...
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PRACTICAL EXHORTATION (Ephesians 4:17).
(1) THE NEW LIFE; first, taught in Christ and learning Christ; and
secondly, regenerate in Him to the image of God (Ephesians 4:17).
(2) HENCE THE POWER...
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CHAPTER 20
THE TWO HUMAN TYPES
Ephesians 4:20
BUT as for you!-The apostle points us from heathendom to Christendom.
From the men of blinded understanding and impure life he turns to the
cleansed an...
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A paragraph which takes up again the practical address begun with the
first verse of the chapter, but interrupted at Ephesians 4:4, and
contains solemn exhortations to withdraw from all conformity wit...
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ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν
ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον :
_that ye put off, as regards your former manner of life, the old man_.
This is best connected with the ἐδιδάχθητε. It gives the
_purp...
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PUTTING ON THE “NEW MAN”
Ephesians 4:20
The Lord Jesus is our text-book and our teacher, the schoolhouse in
which we are taught, and the object lesson in which all truth is
enshrined. But all is in v...
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The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the
present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the
earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance...
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The New Life of Those Taught By Christ
Paul did not have any doubt about the teaching they had received.
Instead, he is preparing to remind them of Christ's teachings and the
life they should live af...
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That ye put off concerning the former conversation (e) the old man,
which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
(e) Yourselves....
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(17) В¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their
mind, (18) Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony.
No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The
discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play correc...
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22._That ye put off. _He demands from a Christian man repentance, or a
new life, which he makes to consist of self-denial and the
regeneration of the Holy Spirit. Beginning with the first, he enjoins...
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The faithful were to seek in the dispositions mentioned above to
maintain this unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. There are
three things in this exhortation: first, to walk worthy of their
call...
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THAT YE PUT OFF CONCERNING THE FORMER CONVERSATION, THE OLD MAN,....
Which is the corruption of nature; why this is called a man, and an
old man, Romans 6:6, the putting him off, is not a removing him...
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That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which
is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Ver. 22. _That ye put off, &c._] As the beggar puts off his rags, as
the master puts...
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_But ye_ Believers at Ephesus; _have not so learned Christ_ Or
Christianity; that is, ye cannot act thus, now ye are acquainted with
Christ and his gospel, which, you know, allows of no sin. _If so be...
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CONCERNING THE FORMER CONVERSATION; as respects your former life.
THE OLD MAN; so thorough and radical is the change, that it is best
described as a putting off of our former selves.
DECEITFUL LUSTS...
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Paul's exhortation and supplication for the Church as the body of
Christ:...
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An admonition to spiritual renewal:...
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AND HATH PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET, AND GAVE HIM TO BE THE HEAD
OVER ALL THINGS TO THE CHURCH,
that ye put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man,
which is corrupt according to the...
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RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY
(vs.1-6)
In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic
truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the
Church, the body of Chri...
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CHAPTER 4
Even though Paul is a ______________, he still urges us to walk in our
__________. This walk must be a ____________ one.
What does it mean to walk worthy? Paul gives us some words to
consi...
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“THAT YE PUT AWAY, AS CONCERNING YOUR FORMER MANNER OF LIFE, THE OLD
MAN, THAT WAXETH CORRUPT AFTER THE LUSTS OF DECEIT”
“That”: “What you learned was” (Phi). "_ Learning about Jesus_
includes learnin...
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17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the
authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they
should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancie...
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THAT YE PUT OFF; a usual metaphor, taken from garments (implying a
total abandoning, and casting away, like a garment not to be put on
again): it is oppesed to putting on, EPHESIANS 4:24, and is the s...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII
For "to bring themselves into captivity," and to slay themselves,
putting to death "the old man, who is through lusts corrupt," and
raising the new man from de...
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Ephesians 4:22 you G5209 off G659 (G5641) concerning G2596 former
G4387 conduct G391 old G3820 man G444 which...
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‘If so be that you heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth
is in Jesus, that you put away, as concerning your former manner of
life, the old man, which waxes corrupt after the lusts of deceit,...
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III. GENERAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES.
This part of the Epistle is difficult to analyze. The ethical precepts
are not arranged in any discoverable logical order. For convenience a
division into two sections i...
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Ephesians 4:22-24. These verses depend on the en-tire preceding
thought. The substance of what you learned, of what you heard and were
taught properly, ‘as is truth in Jesus,' was ‘that ye put off,'
e...
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1. _Exhortations based on the Contrast between the Old and New Man._
The exhortation of Ephesians 4:1-3 is resumed, but with all the added
force derived from the motives presented in Ephesians 4:4-16....
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Ephesians 4:22. THAT YE PUT OFF. The emphasis is on the verb, which is
used of throwing oft garments. No more special reference (as
preparation for a race, for baptism) is necessary. The tense points...
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THAT YE PUT AWAY
(αποθεσθα). Second aorist middle infinitive of
αποτιθημ with the metaphor of putting off clothing or habits
as αποθεσθε in Colossians 3:8 (which see) with the same
addition of "the...
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OLD MAN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 6:6). _...
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Ephesians 4:22
I. Note the very significant, though brief, outline sketch of the
facts of universal sinful human nature which the Apostle gives here.
(1) The first of the characteristics of the sinful...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,-_
«You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with
Chri...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you-_
Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can
hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all
lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one anot...
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CONTENTS: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of
gifts of Christ to His Body.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Considering to what state and condition God has...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you_ a
pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add
affliction to my bonds; _that ye walk worthy of the vocation wh...
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SO GET RID OF. "Because you are new in Christ, your life must be a
series of deliberate choices in which you get rid of your old self
(Romans 8:12-13) to live new in the Spirit! The _life style_ of th...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:22 PUT OFF YOUR OLD SELF. See
Colossians 3:9. As the esv footnote indicates, “self” translates
the gen
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:17 Paul’s Testimony. Paul explains
the new life in Christ that the Ephesians have experienced.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 4:17. THAT YE HENCEFORTH WALK NOT AS OTHER GENTILES
WALK.—In this and the two following verses we have again the lurid
picture of Ephesians 2:2: “in the van...
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EXPOSITION
PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE.
EPHESIANS 4:1
CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY
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Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is
a
prisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you]
that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are call...
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1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Peter 4:3; 1 Samuel 1:14;...
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That ye put away. Dependent upon ye were taught, and specifying the
purport of the teaching.
The old man. See on Romans 6:6. Compare Colossians 3:9.
Which is corrupt [τ ο ν φ θ ε ι ρ ο μ ε ν ο ν]. Th...
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THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE
Ephesians 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner
in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are
accus...
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The old man — That is, the whole body of sin. All sinful desires are
deceitful; promising the happiness which they cannot give....