Ephesians #11
Ephesians 4:17-24
Don't leave your brain at the door when you follow Jesus. Learn to think rightly!
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Published September 21st, 2022
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Main point summary
Learning Christ means forgetting how we used to live, learning how to think rightly, and then living it out before the eyes of the world.
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Ephesians 4:17-24
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Now this I say
and d testify in the Lord,
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e that you must no longer walk
as the Gentiles do,
f in the futility of their minds.
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They g are darkened in their understanding,
h alienated from the life of God
because of the ignorance that is in them,
due to i their hardness of heart.
ground
They j have become callous
and k have given themselves up to sensuality,
greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
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But that is not the way you l learned Christ!—
assuming that m you have heard about him
and n were taught in him,
as the truth is in Jesus,
to o put off p your old self, 1
which belongs to your former manner of life
and is corrupt through q deceitful desires,
and r to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
and to put on s the new self,
t created after the likeness of God
in true righteousness and holiness.
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Ephesians 4:17-24
Now this
Explanation
I say and testify
in the Lord,
Context
that you must no longer walk
Content
as the Gentiles do,
Comparison
in the futility
Manner
of their minds.
Attributed
in their understanding,
They are darkened ... alienated
from the life
Separation
of God
Source
because of the ignorance
Ground
that is in them,
due to their hardness
of heart.
They have become callous and have given themselves up
to sensuality,
Destination
greedy to practice
Result
every kind
of impurity.
Partitive
But that is not the way
you learned Christ!—
about him
assuming that you have heard ... and were taught
Condition
in him,
as the truth is
Standard
in Jesus,
to put off your old self,
of life
Descriptive
which belongs to your former manner ... and is corrupt
through deceitful desires,
Means
and to be renewed
in the spirit
Locative
of your minds,
Producer
and to put on
the new self,
created after the likeness
of God
in true righteousness and holiness.
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