⁴⁶ But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.

⁶ Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.

²² That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

²³ And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

²⁴ And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

⁹ Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

¹⁰ And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;