“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator — 'Put on the new self' (endyō ton kainen anthrōpon) is clothing-metaphor: new identity is assumed. 'Being renewed in knowledge' (anakainosis en epignōsis) shows continuous renewal through growing understanding. 'After the image of its creator' (eikōn tou ktisantos) echoes Genesis: believers are re-imaged toward Christ-likeness. Sanctification is restoration of divine image.
Church Fathers on Colossians 3:10
“Seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, and have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of Him that created him.” It is worth enquiring here, what can be the reason why he calls the corrupt life, “members,” and “man,” and “body,” and again the virtuous life, the same. And if “the man” means “sins,” how is it that he says, “with his doings”? For once he said, “the old man,” showing that this is not man, but the other. The…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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