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# But that is not how you learned about Christ
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The word "that" refers to the way the Gentiles live, as described in [Ephesians 4:17-19](./17.md). This emphasizes that what the believers learned about Christ was the opposite of that. AT: "But what you learned about Christ was not like that"
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# I assume that you have heard ... and that you were taught
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Paul knows that the Ephesians have heard and been taught. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
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# you were taught in him
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Possible meanings are 1) "Jesus' people have taught you" or 2) "someone has taught you because you are Jesus' people." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# as the truth is in Jesus
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"as everything about Jesus is true"
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# to put off what belongs to your former manner of life
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Paul is speaking of moral qualities as if they were pieces of clothing. AT: "to stop living according to your former manner of life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# to put off the old man
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Paul is speaking of moral qualities as if they were pieces of clothing. AT: "to stop living as your former self did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# old man
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The "old man" refers to the "old nature" or "former self."
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# that is corrupt because of its deceitful desires
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Paul speaks of the sinful human nature as if it were a dead body falling apart in its grave. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) |