SPEECH
OLD SELF
Talking filthy (5:4) Obscenity
Silly talk (5:4) Foolish
Coarse Jesting (5:4) Grossly or obscenely abusive; vulgar or indecent speech
Unwholesome words (4:29) Literal: rotten, putrid Figurative: corrupt, foul
Speak whenever/ whatever (4:29)
Falsehood (4:25)
Lying (4:25;
Col.3:9)
New Self
Guard your mouth (4:29)
Only edifying and gracious speech, at appropriate
times (4:29)
Gives grace to the hearers (4:29) Affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness
No lies (4:25; Col.3:9)
Speak (holding to or walking in) truth each one of you
with his neighbor
Don’t talk about lewd behavior (5:4)
Giving thanks. (5:4) V: to give freely; gratitude
Not deceived by empty words (5:6) Empty: devoid of truth
BEHAVIOR TOWARD ONE ANOTHER
Old Self
Callous (4:19,32) Cease to feel pain or grief; apathetic
Sensuality (4:19) Unbridled Lust
Lusts of deceit (4:22)
Immorality (5:3,5) Illicit sex; idol worship
Impurity (5:3,5) Unclean thoughts & life
Greed (5:3)
Coarse Jesting (5:4)
Covetous =
idolater (5:5)
Angry with sin (4:26)
Holds a grudge (4:26)
Gives the devil (means slanderer) an opportunity (4:27)
Thief (4:28)
Lazy (4:28)
Selfish (4:28)
Anger (4:31) Agitation of the soul, violent emotion exhibiting punishment
Wrath (4:31) Outburst of the moment; passionate anger, heat, boiling anger that subsides and comes up again (like a rolling boil)
Bitterness (4:31) Bitter root, hatred. Aristotle describes it as “the resentful spirit that refuses reconciliation”
Clamor Outcry: imitating a raven's cry
Slander Speech damaging another's name
Malice (4:31) Ill will, desire to injure
Unkind (4:32)
Unforgiving (4:32)
New
Self
Be imitators of God, as beloved children (5:1)
Self-sacrificing (5:1) Gave up self
Steal no longer (4:28)
Hard-worker (4:28) Labor even to the point of exhaustion
Share with those in need.
Angry without sin (4:26)
Does not hold a grudge (4:26)
Do not give the devil an opportunity (4:27)
Put away from bitterness, wrath, anger and malice from
you (4:31)
Kind to one another (4:32) Pleasant, benevolent
Tender-hearted to one another Compassionate
Forgive each other like Christ (4:32)
PRIVATE LIFE (MIND)
Old Self
Futile mind (4:17)
Darkened understanding (4:18)
Excluded from the life of God (4:18)
Ignorant (4:18)
Callous (4:19)
Full of sensuality (4:19) Sexual excess and lack of restraint
Corrupted with lusts of deceit (4:22) Craving Deceit
Immoral (5:3,5)
Impure (5:3,5)
Greedy (5:3)
Bitter (4:31)
Full of wrath (4:31)
Participates in deeds of Darkness (5:8,11) in secret
(5:12)
Deceived by empty words (5:6) Void of truth, indicates hollowness of something or someone
Grieve the Holy Spirit of God (4:30)
Living to sin (Rom. 6:2)
Enslaved to sin (Rom.
6:6)
New Self
Be renewed in the spirit of your mind (4:23)
Lay aside old self (4:22; Col. 3:9)
Put on new self (4:24; Col. 3:9)
· Created in the likeness of God
· Created in righteousness
· Created in the holiness of the truth
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by who you were
sealed for the day of redemption (4:30)
Dead to sin (Rom. 6:2,11)
Walk in newness of life (Rom.6:4) V: Life of a new quality
Free from sin (Rom.
6:6-7)
Alive to God in Christ Jesus (Rom. 6:11)
Renewed in knowledge after the image of it’s Creator
(Col.3:10)
In preparing for this lesson, a quote that I read that has really stuck with me was this, "Jesus isn't merely added to our old life - He becomes our new life." The old man really is filled with lies and enslavement to sin, but the new man is filled with truth and is set free from sin with his mind renewed.
