Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
That ye--following "Ye have been taught" (Ephesians 4:21).
concerning the former conversation--"in respect to your former way of life."
the old man--your old unconverted nature (Romans 6:6).
is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts--rather, "which is being corrupted ('perisheth,' compare Galatians 6:8, 'corruption,' that is, destruction) according to (that is, as might be expected from) the lusts of deceit." Deceit is personified; lusts are its servants and tools. In contrast to "the holiness of the truth," Ephesians 4:24, and "truth in Jesus," Ephesians 4:21; and answering to Gentile "vanity," Ephesians 4:17. Corruption and destruction are inseparably associated together. The man's old-nature-lusts are his own executioners, fitting him more and more for eternal corruption and death.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 34:32
Ezekiel 18:31
Romans 6:6-7
1 Corinthians 5:7
Ephesians 3:16
Ephesians 4:24
Colossians 2:11
Colossians 3:9
1 Timothy 6:9
Hebrews 12:1
Hebrews 13:7
1 Peter 1:14
2 Peter 2:13
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