and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Parallel translations
- WEB and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
- KJV And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
- NKJV and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
- NASB and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
- NLT Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
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Quick answer
Believers are to put on the new self, created after God in true righteousness and holiness. The Christian is a new creation meant to reflect God's own character.
Overview
Completing the imagery, Paul calls believers to clothe themselves with the 'new man,' created in God's likeness in righteousness and holiness. This restores the image of God marred by sin. The new self is God's creation in Christ, and living it out is the heart of Christian sanctification.
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- Col 3:10–14and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Eph 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Rom 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Eph 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- Rom 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- 2 Cor 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Rom 13:12The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- 1 Pet 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- Gen 1:26–27Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
- Rom 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Gal 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- Isa 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
- Gal 3:27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
- 1 Cor 15:53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
- Ps 45:6–7Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Eph 2:15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
- Isa 59:17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- Heb 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Heb 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
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