4:20,21
“But that is not the way you learned Christ”. We did not understand the gospel, nor who Christ is, by following the wisdom of the world. So having come to know Christ why would anyone then think that following the ways of the world was a good idea? Sadly there are many so-called Christians who do. The truth is in Christ, not in the world.
4:22
We need to appreciate the depths of sinfulness within man and the extent of man’s rebellion against God. Rooting out the sin and rebellion within our own lives should be our main concern, not seeking to be like the world. So we are to put off the old self. This belongs to our former life and is corrupted by deceitful desires. Sin deceives. It tells us that something will be pleasurable, or beneficial in some way, that we will get away with lying or whatever. It tells us lies.
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