02/08/21 WHAT’S NEW? #18 — Ephesians 4:24 (HCSB) you put on the NEW SELF, the one created according to God’s ⌊likeness⌋ in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Colossians 3:10 and have put on the NEW SELF. You are being RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE according to the image of your Creator.

“put on the new self”: The renewal of the mind in salvation brings not simply a renovation of character, but transformation of the old to the new self (cf. 2Co 5:17).

“created according to God’s ⌊likeness”: In Christ, the old self no longer exists as it had in the past; the new self is created in the very likeness of God (cf. Gal 2:20).

“in righteousness and purity of the truth”: Righteousness relates to the Christian's moral responsibility to his fellow men reflecting the second table of the law (Ex 20:12-17), while holiness refers to his responsibilities to God, reflecting the first table (Ex 20:3-11). There is still sin in the believer's unredeemed human flesh (see Ro 7:17, 18, 20, 23, 25; 8:23). (adapted from The MacArthur Study Bible)