You were taught not to live the way you used to. You must get rid of your old way of life. That’s because it has been made impure by the desire for things that lead you astray.

就要脱去你们从前行为上的旧人，这旧人是因私欲的迷惑渐渐变坏的；

你们要脱去从前的行为，脱去旧我；这旧我是因私欲的迷惑而渐渐败坏的。

你们要脱去从前的行为，脱去旧我；这旧我是因私欲的迷惑而渐渐败坏的。

就应该与从前的生活方式一刀两断，脱去因私欲的迷惑而渐渐败坏的旧人，

就要除去你们那照着从前生活方式而活的旧人。这旧人是随着迷惑人的私欲渐渐败坏的。

为了你们脱去在过去行为上的旧人。这旧人顺着迷惑人的私欲受败坏，

就要脫去你們從前行為上的舊人，這舊人是因私慾的迷惑漸漸變壞的；

你們要脫去從前的行為，脫去舊我；這舊我是因私慾的迷惑而漸漸敗壞的。

你們要脫去從前的行為，脫去舊我；這舊我是因私慾的迷惑而漸漸敗壞的。

就應該與從前的生活方式一刀兩斷，脫去因私慾的迷惑而漸漸敗壞的舊人，

就要除去你們那照著從前生活方式而活的舊人。這舊人是隨著迷惑人的私慾漸漸敗壞的。

你們乃是要脫去那依故態而起居的舊人、順着誘惑人之私慾而漸漸敗壞的舊人，

為了你們脫去在過去行為上的舊人。這舊人順著迷惑人的私慾受敗壞，

爾於夙習之行、宜脫舊人、即以欺罔之慾、而自敗者、

以前此私欲溺志、則革其故態、

當去爾前行、脫爾舊人、即被惑人之嗜慾見壞者、

棄絕故我、不復沉湎聲色、日趨朽壞。

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.

to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires,

that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

We know that what we used to be was nailed to the cross with him. That happened so our bodies that were ruled by sin would lose their power. So we are no longer slaves of sin.

A huge cloud of witnesses is all around us. So let us throw off everything that stands in our way. Let us throw off any sin that holds on to us so tightly. And let us keep on running the race marked out for us.

So get rid of everything that is sinful. Get rid of the evil that is all around us. Don’t be too proud to accept the word that is planted in you. It can save you.

So get rid of every kind of evil, and stop telling lies. Don’t pretend to be something you are not. Stop wanting what others have, and don’t speak against one another.Like newborn babies, you should long for the pure milk of God’s word. It will help you grow up as believers.

But build one another up every day. Do it as long as there is still time. Then none of you will become stubborn. You won’t be fooled by sin’s tricks.

So each of you must get rid of your lying. Speak the truth to your neighbor. We are all parts of one body.

That’s the way you lived at one time in your life.But now here are the kinds of things you must also get rid of. You must get rid of anger, rage, hate and lies. Let no dirty words come out of your mouths.Don’t lie to one another. You have gotten rid of your old way of life and its habits.

Here is what I’m telling you. I am speaking for the Lord as I warn you. You must no longer live as the Gentiles do. Their thoughts don’t have any purpose.

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

You have spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life. You longed for evil things. You got drunk. You went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which the Lord hates.

They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to have wild parties in the middle of the day. They are like dirty spots and stains. They enjoy their sinful pleasures while they eat with you.

You were set free from an empty way of life. This way of life was handed down to you by your own people of long ago. You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, like silver or gold.

An evil person really earns nothing. But the one who plants what is right will certainly be rewarded.

When you received Christ, your circumcision was not done by human hands. Instead, your circumcision was done by Christ. He put away the person you used to be. At that time, sin’s power ruled over you.

If you return to the Mighty One, you will have what you had before. But first you must remove everything that is evil far from your tent.

“ So I will judge you Israelites. I will judge each of you in keeping with what you have done,” announces the Lord and King.“ Turn away from your sins! Turn away from all the evil things you have done. Then sin will not bring you down.Get rid of all the evil things you have done. Let me give you a new heart and a new spirit. Then you will be faithful to me. Why should you die, people of Israel?When anyone dies, it does not give me any joy,” announces the Lord and King.“ So turn away from your sins. Then you will live!

God saved Lot, a man who did what was right. Lot was shocked by the evil conduct of people who didn’t obey God’s laws.

At one time we all lived among them. Our desires were controlled by sin. We tried to satisfy what they wanted us to do. We followed our desires and thoughts. God was angry with us like he was with everyone else. That’s because of the kind of people we all were.

You have heard how I lived earlier in my Jewish way of life. With all my strength I attacked the church of God. I tried to destroy it.

He said to her,“ How long are you going to stay drunk? Stop drinking your wine.”

You live in the safety of the rocks. You make your home high up in the mountains. But your proud heart has tricked you. So you say to yourself,‘ No one can bring me down to the ground.’

When the commandment gave sin the opportunity, sin tricked me. It used the commandment to put me to death.

You live in the safety of the rocks. You live on top of the hills. But the terror you stir up has now turned against you. Your proud heart has tricked you. You build your nest as high as an eagle does. But I will bring you down from there,” announces the Lord.

Suppose people think their beliefs and how they live are both right. But they don’t control what they say. Then they are fooling themselves. Their beliefs and way of life are not worth anything at all.