Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

Ephesians 4:22

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]. The A. V. misses the force of the participle. The verb is passive, which is being corrupted, 170 and marks the progressive condition of corruption which characterizes "the old man." Rev., correctly, waxeth corrupt.

According to the deceitful lusts [κ α τ α τ α ς ε π ι θ υ μ ι α ς τ η ς α π α τ η ς]. Rev., correctly, lusts of deceit. On the vicious rendering of similar phrases in A. V., see on ch. Ephesians 1:19. Deceit is personified.

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Ephesians 4:22

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