From fd3228f7a3503c4d1a62dba990f71c572c087856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:40:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'eph/04/22.md' --- eph/04/22.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/eph/04/22.md b/eph/04/22.md index 4e6e641046..b4c7a92649 100644 --- a/eph/04/22.md +++ b/eph/04/22.md @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ # to put off what belongs to your former manner of life -Paul is speaking of moral qualities as if they were pieces of clothing. Alternate translation: "to stop living according to your former manner of life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"to stop living according to your former manner of life" # to put off the old man -Paul is speaking of moral qualities as if they were pieces of clothing. Alternate translation: "to stop living as your former self did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"to stop living as your former self did" # old man -The "old man" refers to the "old nature" or "former self." +The "old man" refers to the "old nature" or "former self". The term "old man" probably refers to the sinful nature with which a person is born. The "new man" is the new nature or new life that God gives a person after they come to believe in Christ. # that is corrupt because of its deceitful desires -Paul speaks of the sinful human nature as if it were a dead body falling apart in its grave. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Paul speaks of the sinful human nature as if it were a dead body falling apart in its grave.