### 89. Q. What is the dying-away of the old self?

**A**. To be genuinely sorry for sin and more and more to hate
and run away from it.<sup>1</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Ps. 51:3-4](/index.php/get-passage/Psalms+51:3-4), [17](/index.php/get-passage/Psalms+51:17); [Joel 2:12-13](/index.php/get-passage/Joel+2:12-13); [Rom. 8:12-13](/index.php/get-passage/Romans+8:12-13); [2 Cor. 7:10](/index.php/get-passage/2+Corinthians+7:10)