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Selected Verse: Ephesians 4:24 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eph 4:24 |
King James |
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
put on the new man--Opposed to "the old man," which is to be "put off" (Eph 4:22). The Greek here (kainon) is different from that for "re-new-ed" (Eph 4:23). Put on not merely a renovated nature, but a new, that is, altogether different nature, a changed nature (compare Note,, see on Col 3:10).
after God, &c.--Translate, "Which hath been created (once for all: so the Greek aorist means: in Christ, Eph 2:10; so that in each believer it has not to be created again, but to be put on) after (the image of) God" (Gen 1:27; Col 3:10; Pe1 1:15), &c. God's image in which the first Adam was originally created, is restored, to us far more gloriously in the second Adam, the image of the invisible God (Co2 4:4; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3).
in righteousness--"IN" it as the element of the renewed man.
true holiness--rather, as the Greek, "holiness of the truth"; holiness flowing from sincere following of "the truth of God" (Rom 1:25; Rom 3:7; Rom 15:8): opposed to "the lusts of deceit" (Greek, Eph 4:22); compare also Eph 4:21, "truth is in Jesus." "Righteousness" is in relation to our fellow men, the second table of the law; "Holiness," in relation to God, the first table; the religious observance of offices of piety (compare Luk 1:75). In the parallel (Col 3:10) it is, "renewed in knowledge after the image," &c. As at Colosse the danger was from false pretenders to knowledge, the true "knowledge" which flows from renewal of the heart is dwelt on; so at Ephesus, the danger being from the corrupt morals prevalent around, the renewal in "holiness," contrasted with the Gentile "uncleanness" (Eph 4:19), and "righteousness," in contrast to "greediness," is made prominent. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And that ye put on the new man - The new man refers to the renovated nature. This is called in other places, the "new creature, or the new creation" (see the notes on Co2 5:17), and refers to the condition after the heart is changed. The change is so great, that there is no impropriety in speaking of one who has experienced it as "a new man." He has new feelings, principles, and desires. He has laid aside his old principles and practices, and, in everything that pertains to moral character, he is new. His body is indeed the same; the intellectual structure of his mind the same; but there has been a change in his principles and feelings which malco him, in all the great purposes of life, a new being. Learn, that regeneration is not a trifling change. It is not a mere change of relations, or of the outward condition. It is not merely being brought from the world into the church, and being baptized, though by the most holy hands; it is much more. None of these things would make proper the declaration, "he is a new man." Regeneration by the Spirit of God does.
After God - κατὰ Θεὸν kata Theon. In respect to God. The idea is, evidently, that man is so renewed as to become "like" God, or the divine image is restored to the soul. In the parallel passage in Colossians Col 3:9, the idea is expressed more fully, "renewed in knowledge after "the image" of him that created him." Man, by regeneration, is restored to the lost image of God; compare Gen 1:26.
Is created - A word that is often used to denote the new birth, from its strong resemblance to the first act of creation; see it explained in the notes on Co2 5:17.
In righteousness - That is, the renewed man is made to resemble God in righteousness. This proves that man, when he was made, was righteous; or that righteousness constituted a part of the image of God in which lie was created. The object of the work of redemption is to restore to man the lost image of God, or to bring him back to the condition in which he was before he fell.
And true holiness - Margin, as in Greek, "holinese of truth" - standing in contrast with "lusts of deceit" (Greek), in Eph 4:22. "Holiness" properly refers to purity toward God, and "righteousness" to integrity toward people; but it is not cerrain that this distinction is observed here. The general idea is, that the renovated man is made an upright and a pious man; and that, therefore, he should avoid the vices which are practiced by the pagan, and which the apostle proceeds to specify. This phrase also proves that, when man was created, he was a holy being. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
new man
The new man is the regenerate man as distinguished from the old man,
(See Scofield) - (Rom 6:6),
and is a new man as having become a partaker of the divine nature and life, (Pe2 1:4); (Col 3:3); (Col 3:4), and, in no sense, the old man made over, or improved; (Co2 5:17); (Gal 6:15); (Eph 2:10); (Col 3:10). The new man is Christ, "formed" in the believer; (Gal 2:20); (Gal 4:19); (Col 1:27); (Jo1 4:12).
righteousness
(See Scofield) - (Rom 10:10). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
New man (καινὸν)
See on Mat 26:29.
Created (κτισθέντα)
See on Eph 2:10.
In righteousness and true holiness (ἐν δικιαιοσύνη καὶ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας)
Rev., correctly, in righteousness and holiness of truth. See on Luk 1:75. Truth. Opposed to deceit, Eph 4:22, and likewise personified. Righteousness and holiness are attributes of truth. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The new man - Universal holiness. After - In the very image of God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Put on the new man - Get a new nature; for in Christ Jesus - under the Christian dispensation, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, hut a new creation. Therefore ye must be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
Which after God is created in righteousness - Here is certainly an allusion to the creation of man. Moses tells us, Gen 1:27, that God created man in his own image; that is, God was the model according to which he was formed in the spirit of his mind. St. Paul says here that they should put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness, or, ὁσιοτητι της αληθειας, in the holiness of truth. Both certainly refer to the same thing, and the one illustrates the other. From the apostle we learn what Moses meant by the image of God; it was righteousness and the truth of holiness. See the note on Gen 1:26. It is not this or the other degree of moral good which the soul is to receive by Jesus Christ, it is the whole image of God; it is to be formed κατα Θεον, according to God; the likeness of the Divine Being is to be traced upon his soul, and he is to bear that as fully as his first father Adam bore it in the beginning. |
19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.