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