“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness — the positive command: endyō ('put on,' 'clothe yourselves in') the kainos anthrōpos ('new self'), ktizō ('created') kata theon ('after God,' in God's image), en dikaiosynē ('in righteousness') kai hosiotes ('and holiness,' sanctification), the resurrection-anthropology of the justified.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:24
“And put on the new man.” Do you see that the subject is one, but the clothing is twofold, that which is put off, and that which is put on? “The new man,” he continues, “which after God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.” Now wherefore does he call virtue a man? And wherefore vice, a man? Because a man cannot be shown without acting; so that these things, no less than nature, show a man, whether he be good or evil. Now as to undress one's self and to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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