Time to believe God's facts.

Time to believe God’s facts.

The old man was crucified.

The old man -in reference to his manner of life - is being corrupted.

The old man is mentioned with regard to evil practices.

Notice how comprehensive this is. It includes both behaviors and attitudes -thinking.

The Greek word for “lay aside” in COL 3:9 is different from the one in EPH 4:22.

apekduomai =
to divest wholly oneself, or (for oneself) despoil:

to take off or strip off clothing

wholly to put off from oneself (ἀπό denoting separation from what is put off):

apotithemi = to put away (literally or figuratively)

To put out of the way

figuratively, to cease doing what one is accustomed to doing - 'to stop, to cease.'

The old man is someone
you have put off… and are to put away.

(lay aside and put in the box like an old set of clothing that is no use to you any more).

The old man is not the body of sin, because we cannot put off and put away the body of sin. 

The body of sin, the flesh, remains with us.

But it can sit there idle when by the Spirit we are putting to death the deeds of the flesh.
( ROM 8:13 )

What we can put away are the deeds of the flesh. 

What is mentioned in Eph 4 and Col 3 in connection with the old man are his PRACTICES.

His practices (or way of living) include his thinking and his behavior.

ROM 6:6 and COL 3:9 state the fact.
EPH 4:22 appeals to our faith.