Crucifying the flesh is a covenantal imperative—believers must mortify sin continually, not through mysticism, but by Spirit-empowered obedience to the Word.
Putting Off the Old Man: Breaking with the Former Life – Colossians 3:5–9; Ephesians 4:22
Paul commands believers to put off the old man—mortifying sin as a decisive act of covenant loyalty in light of their new identity in Christ.

