What Does It Mean to "Put Off the Old Self" and "Put On the New Self"? — Ephesians 4:20-24
BY BCL | All who are in Christ have the benefits of justification and sanctification. What does this mean, and what is Paul saying about the “old self” and the “new self” in Ephesians 4:20-24?

In Ephesians 4:20-24, the apostle Paul writes:
But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
What is Paul saying about the “old self” and the “new self” and how is this passage connected to a believer’s new life in Christ?
All Christians should strive both to mortify sin in their lives and to grow in godliness.
The Christian life is one of mortifying our sinful desires (also known as the mortification of the flesh) and living…