Ephesians 4:24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
KJV
καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας.
Greek NT
et induite novum hominem, qui secundum Deum creatus est in justitia, et sanctitate veritatis.
Vulgate
and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
ASV
And put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosune
noun · 92×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καινός
kainos
adjective · 41×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κτίζω
ktizo
verb · 14×
ἀλήθεια
aletheia
noun · 109×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐνδύω
enduo
verb · 28×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁσιότης
osiotes
noun · 2×
Themes
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9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§1473The forgiveness of sin and restoration of communion with God entail the remission of the eternal punishment of sin, but temporal punishment of sin remains. While patiently bearing sufferings and trials of all kinds and, when the day comes, serenely facing death, the Christian must strive to accept this temporal punishment of sin as a grace. He should strive by works of mercy an…
§2475Christ's disciples have "put on the new man, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."273 By "putting away falsehood," they are to "put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander."274
Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. Did God create people so wicked and perverse? A. No. God created them good and in his own image, that is, in true righteousness and holiness, so that they might truly know God their creator, love him with all their heart, and live with him in eternal happiness for his praise and glory.
Q. What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion? A. Two things: the dying of the old self, and the coming to life of the new.
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that the spiritual gifts or the good dispositions and virtues such as goodness, holiness, and righteousness could not have resided in the human will when it was first created, and therefore could not have been separated from the will at the fall.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:53 — For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- 1Cor 15:53 — For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- 1John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- 1Pet 2:2 — As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
- 2Cor 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- 2Cor 4:16 — For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- 2Cor 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
- Col 3:10 — And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
- Col 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
- Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- Eph 2:10 — For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- Eph 2:15 — Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
- Eph 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- Eph 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- Gal 3:27 — For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
- Gal 3:27 — For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
- Gal 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
- Gal 6:15 — For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
- Gal 6:15 — For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
- Gen 1:26 — 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
- Gen 1:26 — 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
- Gen 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
- Gen 5:1 — This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
- Heb 1:8 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
- Heb 12:10 — For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
- Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- Isa 45:8 — Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created
- Isa 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
- Isa 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
- Isa 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
- Job 29:14 — I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
- John 17:17 — Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- Luke 1:75 — In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
- Matt 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- Prov 31:25 — Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
- Ps 45:6 — Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
- Rom 6:4 — Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
- Rom 8:29 — For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
- Rom 8:29 — For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
- Rom 13:12 — The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.