| Geneva Study Bible And that ye put on the new man, which {g} after God is created {h} in righteousness and {i} true holiness. (g) After the image of God. (h) The effect and end of the new creation. (i) Not fake nor counterfeit. People's New Testament 4:24 That ye put on the new man. He who has a new mind within him is a new man. He who is born anew, of water and of the Spirit (Joh 3:5), is newly created in righteousness and true holiness. This is still part of what they were taught (Eph 4:21). The new creation described took place at conversion. Wesley's Notes 4:24 The new man - Universal holiness. After - In the very image of God. King James Translators' Notes true...: or, holiness of truth Scofield Reference Notes [3] new man The new man is the regenerate man as distinguished from the old man See Scofield Note: "Rom 6:6" and is a new man as having become a partaker of the divine nature and life 2Pet 1:4 Col 3:3,4 and in no sense the old man made over, or improved 2Cor 5:17 Gal 6:15 Eph 2:10 Col 3:10. The new man is Christ, "formed" in the believer Gal 2:20 4:19 Col 1:27 1Jn 4:12. Margin righteousness See Scofield Note: "Rom 10:10". Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 24. put on the new man-Opposed to "the old man," which is to be "put off" (Eph 4:22). The Greek here (kainon) is different from that for "re-new-ed" (Eph 4:23). Put on not merely a renovated nature, but a new, that is, altogether different nature, a changed nature (compare Note,, see on [2369]Col 3:10). after God, &c.-Translate, "Which hath been created (once for all: so the Greek aorist means: in Christ, Eph 2:10; so that in each believer it has not to be created again, but to be put on) after (the image of) God" (Ge 1:27; Col 3:10; 1Pe 1:15), &c. God's image in which the first Adam was originally created, is restored, to us far more gloriously in the second Adam, the image of the invisible God (2Co 4:4; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3). in righteousness-"IN" it as the element of the renewed man. true holiness-rather, as the Greek, "holiness of the truth"; holiness flowing from sincere following of "the truth of God" (Ro 1:25; 3:7; 15:8): opposed to "the lusts of deceit" (Greek, Eph 4:22); compare also Eph 4:21, "truth is in Jesus." "Righteousness" is in relation to our fellow men, the second table of the law; "Holiness," in relation to God, the first table; the religious observance of offices of piety (compare Lu 1:75). In the parallel (Col 3:10) it is, "renewed in knowledge after the image," &c. As at Colosse the danger was from false pretenders to knowledge, the true "knowledge" which flows from renewal of the heart is dwelt on; so at Ephesus, the danger being from the corrupt morals prevalent around, the renewal in "holiness," contrasted with the Gentile "uncleanness" (Eph 4:19), and "righteousness," in contrast to "greediness," is made prominent. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 4:17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancies and carnal affections. Do not men, on every side, walk in the vanity of their minds? Must not we then urge the distinction between real and nominal Christians? They were void of all saving knowledge; they sat in darkness, and loved it rather than light. They had a dislike and hatred to a life of holiness, which is not only the way of life God requires and approves, and by which we live to him, but which has some likeness to God himself in his purity, righteousness, truth, and goodness. The truth of Christ appears in its beauty and power, when it appears as in Jesus. The corrupt nature is called a man; like the human body, it is of divers parts, supporting and strengthening one another. Sinful desires are deceitful lusts; they promise men happiness, but render them more miserable; and bring them to destruction, if not subdued and mortified. These therefore must be put off, as an old garment, a filthy garment; they must be subdued and mortified. But it is not enough to shake off corrupt principles; we must have gracious ones. By the new man, is meant the new nature, the new creature, directed by a new principle, even regenerating grace, enabling a man to lead a new life of righteousness and holiness. This is created, or brought forth by God's almighty power. | 
