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Selected Verse: Colossians 3:10 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Col 3:10 |
King James |
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the new man--(See on Eph 4:23). Here (neon) the Greek, means "the recently-put-on nature"; that lately received at regeneration (see on Eph 4:23-24).
which is renewed--Greek, "which is being renewed" (anakainottmenou); namely, its development into a perfectly renewed nature is continually progressing to completion.
in knowledge--rather as the Greek, "unto perfect knowledge" (see on Col 1:6; Col 1:9-10). Perfect knowledge of God excludes all sin (Joh 17:3).
after the image of him that created him--namely, of God that created the new man (Eph 2:10; Eph 4:24). The new creation is analogous to the first creation (Co2 4:6). As man was then made in the image of God naturally, so now spiritually. But the image of God formed in us by the Spirit of God, is as much more glorious than that borne by Adam, as the Second Man, the Lord from heaven, is more glorious than the first man. Gen 1:26, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." The "image" is claimed for man, Co1 11:7; the "likeness," Jam 3:9. ORIGEN [On First Principles, 3:6] taught, the image was something in which all were created, and which continued to man after the fall (Gen 9:6). The likeness was something towards which man was created, that he might strive after it and attain it. TRENCH thinks God in the double statement (Gen 1:26), contemplates both man's first creation and his being "renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created Him." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Which is renewed in knowledge - In Eph 4:24, it is said that the new man is "created after God in righteousness and true holiness." In this place it is added that to the renewed soul knowledge is imparted, and it is made in that respect as man was when he was first created. This passage, in connection with Eph 4:24, proves that before man fell he was endowed with "righteousness, true holiness, and knowledge." The knowledge here referred to, is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of God. Man was acquainted with his Creator. He resembled him in his capacity for knowledge. He was an intelligent being, and he had an acquaintance with the divine existence and perfections; compare the notes at Rom 5:12. But especially had he that knowledge which is the fear of the Lord; that knowledge of God which is the result of love. Piety, in the Scriptures, is often represented as the "knowledge" of God; see the notes at Joh 17:3; compare the notes at Eph 3:19.
After the image of him that created him - So as to resemble God. In knowledge he was made in the likeness of his Maker.%% |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
created
(See Scofield) - (Eph 4:24). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
New (νέον)
See on Mat 26:29. Compare Eph 5:24.
Is renewed (ἀνακαινούμενον)
Rev., better, giving the force of the present participle, is being renewed: in process of continuous renewal. The word καινός new, which enters into the composition of the verb, gives the idea of quality. Compare Co2 4:16, and the contrast in Eph 4:22.
In knowledge (εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν)
Rev., correctly, unto knowledge, the end to which the renewal tended. Compare Eph 4:13.
After the image
Construe with renewed. Compare Eph 4:24, and see Gen 1:26, Gen 1:27. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In knowledge - The knowledge of God, his will, his word. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And have put on the new man - See on Rom 12:1-2 (note).
Is renewed in knowledge - Ignorance was the grand characteristic of the heathen state; Knowledge, of the Christian. The utmost to which heathenism could pretend was a certain knowledge of nature. How far this went, and how much it fell short of the truth, may be seen in the writings of Aristotle and Pliny. Christianity reveals God himself, the author of nature; or, rather, God has revealed himself, in the Christian system with which he has blessed mankind. Christianity teaches a man the true knowledge both of himself and of God; but it is impossible to know one's self but in the light of God; the famous γνωθι σεαυτον, know thyself, was practicable only under the Christian religion.
After the image of him that created him - We have already seen that God made man in his own image; and we have seen in what that image consisted. See the notes on Gen 1:26, and on Eph 4:23 (note), Eph 4:24 (note). Does not the apostle refer here to the case of an artist, who wishes to make a perfect resemblance of some exquisite form or person? God in this case is the artist, man is the copy, and God himself the original from which this copy is to be taken. Thus, then, man is made by his Creator, not according to the image or likeness of any other being, but according to his own; the image του Κτισαντος, of the Creator. And as the Divine nature cannot exist in forms or fashions, moral qualities alone are those which must be produced. Hence the apostle, interpreting the words of Moses, says that the image in which man was made, and in which he must be remade, ανακαινουμενον, made anew, consists in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness. |
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.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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.
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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.
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
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.
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.