Ephesians 4:22

EPHESIANS—NOTE ON Ephesians 4:22 put off your old self. See Colossians 3:9. As the esv footnote indicates, “self” translates the generic Greek term for “man” or “human.” The “old self” refused to trust and serve Christ. corrupt. Human hearts are “deceitful above all things, and desperately sick” (Jeremiah 17:9).