You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
NMVThat you2f put off concerning the former Conversation (behavior; way of life; community) the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
OJBFor the torah you received was that you must disrobe from your former derech of your old self, the one being corrupted according to the ta'avot of AKOV (deceitful) remiyah (guile),
RVthat ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
TCENTto put off your old self, which belongs to your former way of life and is being corrupted by its deceitful desires,
T4TYou were taught {They taught you} that you must put aside [MET] your evil nature; that is, that you must not behave like you formerly did. Your evil desires deceived you, making you want to do evil things and causing you to think that doing that was good for you; and your thinking like that was destroying you spiritually.