Ephesians 4:24

Ephesians 4:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
• New International Version (NIV)and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Context of Ephesians 4:24

22They taught you to change the way that you live. You must put away the nature that you had before. That old nature deceived you. As a result, you wanted to do things that would destroy you. 23Instead, let God's Spirit make you think in a new way. Take up the new nature that God has prepared for you. That nature is like God's own nature. Then you will live in a truly good way that pleases God. 25So you must stop telling lies. Each of you must say only true things to one another. Remember that all of us belong to one another, like parts of the same body. 26When you are angry, do not do anything bad as a result. Once the day comes to an end, do not continue to be angry.

Ephesians 4:24 word by word

καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• that ye put onἐνδύωenduō · to put onG1746
• the newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• afterκατάkata · according toG2596
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• is createdκτίζωktizō · to createG2936
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• trueἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• holinessὁσιότηςhosiotēs · holinessG3742

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:24

• Ephesians 6:11Use all the help that God gives to us. Then you can be like a soldier who fights against the Devil. You must put on the whole armour that God gives to us. The Devil attacks us in clever ways, and we need to be strong.
• Job 29:14I always did what was right, like good clothes that I wore. I was fair and honest, like my coat and my hat.
• Isaiah 52:1Wake up, Zion! Be ready to show your strength! Jerusalem, God's holy city, Put on your beautiful clothes! Foreign people who do not serve God will not attack your city again.
• Isaiah 59:17He always does what is right, like a soldier who always puts on his armour. His power to save people is like the helmet that he wears. He is angry against people who do evil things, and he works hard to punish them. That is like the clothes that he wears.
• Romans 13:12The night has nearly finished and the day is almost here. So we must stop doing the bad things that belong to the dark. Instead, we must take weapons like soldiers who are ready to fight in the light.
• 1 Corinthians 15:53That has to happen. Our bodies that are becoming spoiled must change. They must change into bodies that never become spoiled. Our bodies that are dying must change into bodies that will never die.
• Galatians 3:27They baptized you as believers in Christ. That means that you have put on Christ, like someone who puts on new clothes.
• Colossians 3:10Now you have received a new nature. It is God who made it for you so that you can become more and more like him. You will learn to know him better and better.
• Ephesians 2:15When his body died on the cross, Christ took away the power of the Jewish laws and rules. In that way, he made the two groups join together as one new group of people. As a result, he caused them to have peace.
• Romans 6:4Your baptism shows that they buried you, just like they buried Christ after his death. It is like you died with him and they buried you with him. Because of that, God will also raise us, just as he raised Christ from death. God, the Father, is so great and powerful that he raised Christ to a new life. That means that we also can live our lives in a new way.
• 2 Corinthians 4:16That is why we are not afraid to continue our work. Yes, our bodies are getting older and weaker. But our spirits are becoming stronger every day!
• 2 Corinthians 5:17When anyone belongs to Christ, they become a new person. Their old way of life has gone. Their new life has begun!
• 1 Peter 2:2Instead, you should want to learn about God more and more. New babies always want their mothers' milk, which makes them grow strong. God's true message is like good food that will make you strong in your spirits. Then you will continue to grow as believers so that God saves you.
• Genesis 1:26Then God said, ‘We will make humans so that they are very much like us. They will rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky. They will rule over the farm animals. They will rule over the whole earth and all the animals that move along the ground.’
• 2 Corinthians 3:18We show the power of the Lord to other people. It is like God has removed a cloth from over our faces. He is changing us so that we become more and more like him. We show how great God is more and more clearly. It is the Lord who does all this, by the work of his Spirit.
• 1 John 3:2My friends, we are already children of God. We do not yet know clearly what we will become. But we do know this: when Christ returns to this world, we will become like him. We will be like him because we will see him as he really is.

Commentaries on Ephesians 4:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Put 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, Genesis 1:27, that God created man in his own image; that is, God was the model according to which he was formed…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And 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 2 Corinthians 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancies and carnal affections. Do not men, on every side, walk in the vanity of their minds? Must not we then urge the distinction between real and nominal Christians? They were void of all saving knowledge; they sat in darkness, and loved it rather than…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24to put on the new self: God's Spirit shows his life within the believer (see Colossians 3:10; compare Genesis 1:26; Romans 12:1–2; Galatians 5:22–23). The transforming work of God's Spirit is part of the gift of salvation (Ephesians 2:8–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. put on the new man--Opposed to "the old man," which is to be "put off" (Ep 4:22). The Greek here (kainon) is different from that for "re-new-ed" (Ep 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, Ep 2:10; so that in each believer it has not to be…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 4:24

• Holiness
• Image
• Regeneration
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• New Man
• Bitterness
• Compact
• Dark
• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Forbear
• Grieve
• Holiness

Commentaries on Ephesians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings