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Colossians 3:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:


Colossians 3:10Greek Interlinear

Greek · Colossians 3:1013 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐνδυσάμενοιendysamenoi
having put onverbG1746
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
νέονneon
newadjectiveG3501
τὸνton
whicharticleG3588
ἀνακαινούμενονanakainoumenon
is being renewedverbG341
εἰςeis
inprepositionG1519
ἐπίγνωσινepignōsin
knowledgenounG1922
κατ’kat’
according toprepositionG2596
εἰκόναeikona
the imagenounG1504
τοῦtou
of the one whoarticleG3588
κτίσαντοςktisantos
having createdverbG2936
αὐτόνauton
himpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 8 on Colossians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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