AA23
We are to rid ourselves of unholy characteristics.
Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Ephesians 4:22
- Ephesians 4:25
- Ephesians 4:31
- James 1:21
Supportive OT Scriptures
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Deuteronomy 13:6
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Ezekiel 45:9
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Genesis 13:6
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1 Kings 15:12
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
There are many Scriptures in the Bible that identify individual unholy characteristics from which we must rid ourselves. Ephesians 4:31 and James 1:21 collectively list eight of them, but by the Apostle Paul referring to the “old nature” in Ephesisans 4:22, he is making it clear to those to whom he is speaking that they (and by inference we) are to rid themselves of not only those but all others as well. That is why this Mitzvah #AA23 is so broadly expressed; other Mitzvot in these volumes will address unholy characteristics individually.
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