* **But this is not how you learned about Christ** - AT: "But you did not learn to follow Christ in this way"
* **If you have heard about him and have been taught about him, that this is the truth about Jesus** - AT: "Since you have heard about Jesus and have been taught the truth by him"
* **you must put off the old man—that which accords with your old conduct, which is being corrupted according to deceitful desires** - AT: "you must discard behavior that was normal to your old way of living, which got worse as your evil desires deceived you"
* **you must put off the old man** - You must rid yourself of all sinful behavior just like taking off clothes and throwing them away. AT: "you must change your behavior" (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])
* **that which accords with your old conduct** - AT: "behavior that agrees with your old nature" or "behavior that agrees with your old self"
* **which is being corrupted according to deceitful desires** - AT: "which continues to grow worse because of lying desires of the flesh"