Ephesians 4:24

Amplified Bible

and put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God's image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of the truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation].

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Be that new person who was made to be like God, truly good and pleasing to him.

Revised Standard Version
and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and put on that newe man which after the ymage of God is shapen in ryghtewesnes and true holynes.

Hebrew Names Version
and put on the new man, that like God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

New American Standard Bible
and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

New Century Version
to become a new person. That new person is made to be like God—made to be truly good and holy.

Update Bible Version
and put on the new man, that after God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

English Standard Version
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

World English Bible
and put on the new man, that like God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And to put on the new man, which is created after God, in righteousness and true holiness.

Weymouth's New Testament
with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and clothe ye the newe man, which is maad aftir God in riytwisnesse and hoolynesse of treuthe.

English Revised Version
and put on the new man, which after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Berean Standard Bible
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Contemporary English Version
and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be truly holy.

American Standard Version
and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Bible in Basic English
And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

Complete Jewish Bible
and clothe yourselves with the new nature created to be godly, which expresses itself in the righteousness and holiness that flow from the truth.

Darby Translation
and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.

International Standard Version
and to clothe yourselves with the new man, which was created according to the likeness ofthe likeness of">[fn] God in righteousness and true holiness.Romans 6:4; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 2:10; 6:11; Colossians 3:10;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and wear the new man, who by Aloha is created in righteousness and in the sanctity of truth. [fn]

Murdock Translation
and should put on the new man, that is created by God in righteousness and in the holiness of truth.

King James Version (1611)
And that yee put on that new man, which after God is created in righteousnesse, and true holinesse.

New Living Translation
Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

New Life Bible
You must become a new person and be God-like. Then you will be made right with God and have a true holy life.

New Revised Standard
and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And put on ye new man, which after God is created vnto righteousnes, and true holines.

George Lamsa Translation
And that you put on the new man, who is created by God in righteousness and true holiness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And were to put on the man of new mould, who, after God, hath been created in his truthful righteousness and loving kindness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And to put on that newe man, which after God is shapen, in righteousnesse & holynesse of trueth.

Good News Translation
and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and holy.

Christian Standard Bible®
and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

King James Version
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Lexham English Bible
and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth.

Literal Translation
and to put on the new man, which according to God was created in righteousness and true holiness.

Young's Literal Translation
and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and put on that new man, which is shapen after God, in true righteousnes and holynes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
after the image of God, in justice, sanctity, and truth.

New English Translation
and to put on the new man who has been created in God's image—in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

New King James Version
and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Put on your new nature like a new pair of chaps that allow you to ride for our Holy God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Legacy Standard Bible
and to put on the new man, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls], ¹⁸for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart. ¹⁹And they, [the ungodly in their spiritual apathy], having become callous and unfeeling, have given themselves over [as prey] to unbridled sensuality, eagerly craving the practice of every kind of impurity [that their desires may demand]. ²⁰But you did not learn Christ in this way! ²¹If in fact you have [really] heard Him and have been taught by Him, just as truth is in Jesus [revealed in His life and personified in Him], ²²that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires, ²³and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude], ²⁴and put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God's image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of the truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation].²⁵Therefore, rejecting all falsehood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these], SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the body of Christ]. ²⁶BE ANGRY [at sin—at immorality, at injustice, at ungodly behavior], YET DO NOT SIN; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it to] last until the sun goes down.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put: Ephesians 6:11, Job 29:14, Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 59:17, Romans 13:12, Romans 13:14, 1 Corinthians 15:53, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 3:10-14

new: Ephesians 2:15, Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 4:16, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Peter 2:2

after: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Colossians 3:10, 1 John 3:2

created: Ephesians 2:10, Galatians 6:15

righteousness: Psalms 45:6, Psalms 45:7, Romans 8:29, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 12:14, 1 John 3:3

true holiness: or, holiness of truth, John 17:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:1 - in the likeness Proverbs 31:25 - Strength Isaiah 45:8 - I the Lord Jeremiah 43:12 - putteth Matthew 22:11 - which Luke 1:75 - General Galatians 4:19 - Christ Colossians 3:12 - Put Hebrews 12:10 - partakers 2 Peter 1:4 - ye might

Cross-References

Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, a sevenfold vengeance [that is, punishment seven times worse] shall be taken on him [by Me]." And the LORD set a [protective] mark (sign) on Cain, so that no one who found (met) him would kill him.

Matthew 18:22
Jesus answered him, "I say to you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that ye put on the new man,.... Which some understand of Jesus Christ, who is truly and really man, and a new or extraordinary one, Jeremiah 31:22 and as such is God's creature, and is made after his image, and which appears in his perfect holiness and righteousness; and the phrase of putting on well agrees with him,

Romans 13:14 whose righteousness is a garment, pure and spotless, and which is put on by the hand of faith: though rather by the "new man" is meant, the new nature, the new principle, or work of grace in the soul, elsewhere called a new creature; and it bears this name in opposition to, and distinction from the old man, or corruption of nature, before spoken of; and because it is "de noro", or anew, put into the hearts of men; it is not what was in them naturally; nor is it any old principle renewed, or wrought up in another and better form; but it is something that is infused, that was never there before: and because it is new in all its parts; such who have it, have new hearts and new spirits given unto them; they have new eyes to see with, and new ears to hear with, and new hands to handle and work with, and new feet to walk with; and they live a new life and conversation: so the Jews says of a man that truly repents of sin, and does not return to it, that he is איח חדש, "a new man" d: now to put on this new man, is not to make ourselves new creatures; for this is not by the power of man, but by the Spirit of God; this is God's work, and not man's; it is he who made us at first, remakes us, and not we ourselves; besides, these Ephesians the apostle writes to, were already made new men, or new creatures; but to put on the new man, is to walk in our lives and conversations agreeably to the new man, or work of grace upon the soul; as to put off the old man, respects the former conversation, or a not walking as formerly, and agreeably to the dictates of corrupt nature, so to put on the new man, is to walk according to the principles of grace and holiness formed in the soul: and of this new man it is further said,

which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness; the principle of the soul is "created", and therefore is not the effect of man's power, which cannot create; it is peculiar to God only to create; it is a creature, and therefore not to be trusted in, and depended on; for not grace, but the author of grace, is the object of trust: it is created "after God"; by his power, according to his mind and will, and after his image, and in his likeness; which greatly consists "in righteousness and true holiness"; called "true", in opposition to the typical and ceremonial holiness of the Jews, and to the pretended holiness of hypocrites; and denotes the truth and genuineness of the Spirit's work of sanctification upon the heart; unless this should rather be considered as the effect of his grace upon the soul; for so the words may be rendered, "unto righteousness and true holiness"; for the new man is of such a nature, and so formed, as to tend to acts of righteousness and holiness, and to engage men to the performance of them: some copies read, "in righteousness, and holiness, and truth"; and so the Ethiopic version seems to have read.

d Tzeror Hammor. fol. 156. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And 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, in everything that pertains to moral character, he is new. His body is indeed the same; the intellectual structure of his mind the same; but there has been a change in his principles and feelings which malco him, in all the great purposes of life, a new being. Learn, that regeneration is not a trifling change. It is not a mere change of relations, or of the outward condition. It is not merely being brought from the world into the church, and being baptized, though by the most holy hands; it is much more. None of these things would make proper the declaration, “he is a new man.” Regeneration by the Spirit of God does.

After God - κατὰ Θεὸν kata Theon. In respect to God. The idea is, evidently, that man is so renewed as to become “like” God, or the divine image is restored to the soul. In the parallel passage in Colossians Colossians 3:9, the idea is expressed more fully, “renewed in knowledge after “the image” of him that created him.” Man, by regeneration, is restored to the lost image of God; compare Genesis 1:26.

Is created - A word that is often used to denote the new birth, from its strong resemblance to the first act of creation; see it explained in the notes on 2 Corinthians 5:17.

In righteousness - That is, the renewed man is made to resemble God in righteousness. This proves that man, when he was made, was righteous; or that righteousness constituted a part of the image of God in which lie was created. The object of the work of redemption is to restore to man the lost image of God, or to bring him back to the condition in which he was before he fell.

And true holiness - Margin, as in Greek, “holinese of truth” - standing in contrast with “lusts of deceit” (Greek), in Ephesians 4:22. “Holiness” properly refers to purity toward God, and “righteousness” to integrity toward people; but it is not cerrain that this distinction is observed here. The general idea is, that the renovated man is made an upright and a pious man; and that, therefore, he should avoid the vices which are practiced by the pagan, and which the apostle proceeds to specify. This phrase also proves that, when man was created, he was a holy being.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. Put on the new man — Get a new nature; for in Christ Jesus-under the Christian dispensation, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but 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 in the spirit of his mind. St. Paul says here that they should put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness, or, οσιοτητι της αληθειας, in the holiness of truth. Both certainly refer to the same thing, and the one illustrates the other. From the apostle we learn what Moses meant by the image of God; it was righteousness and the truth of holiness. Genesis 1:26. It is not this or the other degree of moral good which the soul is to receive by Jesus Christ, it is the whole image of God; it is to be formed κατα θεου, according to God; the likeness of the Divine Being is to be traced upon his soul, and he is to bear that as fully as his first father Adam bore it in the beginning.