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

22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, 23to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth. 25Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. 26Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

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 6:11Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
• Job 29:14I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
• Isaiah 52:1Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.
• Isaiah 59:17He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe.
• Romans 13:12The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
• 1 Corinthians 15:53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
• Galatians 3:27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
• Colossians 3:10and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
• Ephesians 2:15when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,
• Romans 6:4Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
• 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!
• 1 Peter 2:2And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
• Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
• 2 Corinthians 3:18And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
• 1 John 3:2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he 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

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• 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