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And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Colossians 3:10 — KJV
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Colossians 3:10
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Colossians 3:10
Theological / DevotionalPut on. This expression indicates the reversal of the process of taking off garments.
New man. See on Eph. 4:24.
Which is renewed. Rather, “which is being renewed,” the form of the Greek word indicating a continuous process. The word translated “renewed” stresses newness in quality. The picture is one of a gradual development into the full knowledge of God. Growth is the product and the evidence of life, both in nature and in the spiritual life. The power of the Life-giver is the only agency by which growth can be maintained.
Knowledge. Gr. epignōsis, “full, complete, and thorough knowledge.” Compare chs. 1:9, 10; 2:2 (“acknowledgement”). This knowledge is the experimental realization and understanding of the principles of heaven, and it is the purpose toward which the “renewing” tends.
After the image. That is, according to the image. See on Rom. 8:29.
That created him. That is, that created the new man. As Christ is the express image of His Father (Heb. 1:3), so the Christian is to grow “unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (see on Eph. 4:13).
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