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OET (OET-LV) you_all to_put_away according_to your earlier conduct the old person, which being_corrupted according_to the desires of_ the _seduction,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν
/to/_put_away you_all according_to your earlier conduct
Paul is speaking of moral qualities as if they were pieces of clothing. Alternate translation: [You must stop living according to your former manner of life]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον
/to/_put_away you_all according_to your earlier conduct the old person
Paul is speaking of a way of living as if it were a person. Alternate translation: [You must stop doing the things that your former self did] or [Stop doing the things that you used to do]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον
the old person
The old man refers to the “old nature” or “former self,” the way that the person was before the person became a believer in Christ
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης
the which /being/_corrupted according_to the desires ¬the ˱of˲_seduction
Paul is continuing to speak of a sinful way of living as if it were a person who does evil things. Alternate translation: [when you fooled yourself into thinking that it was good to do whatever evil thing that you wanted to do] See the UST.
4:20-24 What you learned about Christ is the truth that comes from him. He gives true understanding (cp. John 14:6) and calls his people to an entirely new way of life (cp. Rom 6:3-14; 13:12-14; Col 3:8-10).
OET (OET-LV) you_all to_put_away according_to your earlier conduct the old person, which being_corrupted according_to the desires of_ the _seduction,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.