Colossians 3:10

Contemporary English Version

Each of you is now a new person. You are becoming more and more like your Creator, and you will understand him better.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.

King James Version (1611)
And haue put on the new man, which is renued in knowledge, after the image of him that created him,

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

English Standard Version
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

New American Standard Bible
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it—

New Century Version
You have begun to live the new life, in which you are being made new and are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—

Legacy Standard Bible
and have put on the new man who is being renewed to a full knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—

Berean Standard Bible
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Complete Jewish Bible
and have put on the new self, which is continually being renewed in fuller and fuller knowledge, closer and closer to the image of its Creator.

Darby Translation
and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has created him;

Easy-to-Read Version
Now you are wearing a new life, a life that is new every day. You are growing in your understanding of the one who made you. You are becoming more and more like him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And haue put on the newe, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him,

George Lamsa Translation
And put on the new life which is renewed in knowledge after the pattern in which it was originally created:

Good News Translation
and have put on the new self. This is the new being which God, its Creator, is constantly renewing in his own image, in order to bring you to a full knowledge of himself.

Lexham English Bible
and have put on the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,

Literal Translation
and having put on the new, having been renewed in full knowledge according to the image of the One creating him,

Amplified Bible
and have put on the new [spiritual] self who is being continually renewed in true knowledge in the image of Him who created the new self—

American Standard Version
and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Bible in Basic English
And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;

Hebrew Names Version
and have put on the new man, that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

International Standard Version
and have clothed yourselves with the new man, which is being renewed into full knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.Romans 12:2; Ephesians 2:10; 4:23-24;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and wear the new, who is renovated by knowledge in the image of his Creator,

Murdock Translation
and put ye on the new [fn] , that is renewed in knowledge, after the likeness of his Creator;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hauyng put on the newe man, which is renued into the knowledge after the image of hym that made hym,

English Revised Version
and have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

World English Bible
and have put on the new man, that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him:

Weymouth's New Testament
and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that is maad newe ayen in to the knowing of God, aftir the ymage of hym that made hym;

Update Bible Version
and have put on the new man, that is being renewed to knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Webster's Bible Translation
And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

New English Translation
and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

New King James Version
and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

New Living Translation
Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

New Life Bible
You have now become a new person and are always learning more about Christ. You are being made more like Christ. He is the One Who made you.

New Revised Standard
and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And having put on the new - who is being moulded afresh unto personal knowledge, after the image of him that hath created him, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And putting on the new, him who is renewed unto knowledge, according to the image of him that created him.

Revised Standard Version
and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and the new put on which is renued in knowledge after the ymage of him that made him

Young's Literal Translation
and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and put on ye newe, which is renued in knowlege after ye ymage of him that made him:

Mace New Testament (1729)
improv'd by knowledge into a resemblance of him, who made this change:

Simplified Cowboy Version
Ride in this new life and be remade in his will and way.

Contextual Overview

⁸ But now you must stop doing such things. You must quit being angry, hateful, and evil. You must no longer say insulting or cruel things about others. ⁹ And stop lying to each other. You have given up your old way of life with its habits. ¹⁰ Each of you is now a new person. You are becoming more and more like your Creator, and you will understand him better. ¹¹ It doesn't matter if you are a Greek or a Jew, or if you are circumcised or not. You may even be a barbarian or a Scythian, and you may be a slave or a free person. Yet Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put: Colossians 3:12, Colossians 3:14, Job 29:14, Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 59:17, Romans 13:12, Romans 13:14, 1 Corinthians 15:53, 1 Corinthians 15:54, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 4:24

the new: Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 36:26, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 2:15, Ephesians 4:24, Revelation 21:5

renewed: Psalms 51:10, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:23, Hebrews 6:6

knowledge: John 17:3, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 2:5

after: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 4:23, Ephesians 4:24, 1 Peter 1:14, 1 Peter 1:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:1 - in the likeness Isaiah 19:25 - Blessed Zechariah 3:4 - and I will Matthew 22:11 - which Romans 6:4 - even Romans 6:6 - that our Romans 7:6 - serve 1 Corinthians 1:5 - and in 1 Corinthians 15:46 - that which is natural 2 Corinthians 4:16 - is Galatians 4:19 - Christ Ephesians 6:11 - Put Philippians 1:9 - in knowledge Titus 3:5 - renewing 1 Peter 3:4 - the hidden 2 Peter 1:4 - ye might 2 Peter 3:18 - knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
Although the man and his wife were both naked, they were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7
Right away they saw what they had done, and they realized they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together to make something to cover themselves.

Genesis 3:17
The Lord said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate fruit from that tree. And so, the ground will be under a curse because of what you did. As long as you live, you will have to struggle to grow enough food.

Genesis 3:18
Your food will be plants, but the ground will produce thorns and thistles.

Exodus 3:6
I am the God who was worshiped by your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face.

Exodus 32:25
Moses knew that the people were out of control and that it was Aaron's fault. And now they had made fools of themselves in front of their enemies.

Job 23:15
Merely the thought of God All-Powerful

Psalms 119:120
I tremble all over when I think of you and the way you judge.

Isaiah 33:14
Those terrible sinners on Mount Zion tremble as they ask in fear, "How can we possibly live where a raging fire never stops burning?"

Isaiah 47:3
You will suffer the shame of going naked, because I will take revenge, and no one can escape.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And have put on the new man,.... Concerning which, and the putting it on, :-,

which is renewed in knowledge; this man, or principle of grace in the soul, is a new one, which never was there before; and there is a daily renovation of it in the spirit of the mind, by the Spirit of God; for as the outward man decays, the inward man, which is the same with this new man, is renewed day by day, increases in holiness and righteousness, grows in grace, and particularly in "knowledge"; light and knowledge of a man's self, of his lost state and condition by nature, of his need of Christ, and of his salvation, is what appears at the first formation of this new man; and the daily renovation of him lies in an increase of spiritual, experimental, and saving knowledge of God, and Christ, and divine things; and indeed, until a man becomes a new creature, he neither knows, nor is he capable of knowing, the things of the Spirit of God; so that this new man, or principle of grace, begins with spiritual knowledge, and is formed in order to it, and its increase lies in it:

after the image of him that created him; the new man; for this is a creation work, and so not man's, but God's; and is made not after the image of the first man, no not as innocent, and much less as fallen; but after the image of Christ, to which the elect of God are predestinated to he conformed, and which is stamped in regeneration; and more and more appears by every transforming view of Christ, and will be perfected in heaven, when they shall see him as he is, and be perfectly like him, who is not only the pattern, but the Creator of it, even the author and finisher of faith.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which is renewed in knowledge - In Ephesians 4:24, it is said that the new man is “created after God in righteousness and true holiness.” In this place it is added that to the renewed soul knowledge is imparted, and it is made in that respect as man was when he was first created. This passage, in connection with Ephesians 4:24, proves that before man fell he was endowed with “righteousness, true holiness, and knowledge.” The knowledge here referred to, is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of God. Man was acquainted with his Creator. He resembled him in his capacity for knowledge. He was an intelligent being, and he had an acquaintance with the divine existence and perfections; compare the notes at Romans 5:12. But especially had he that knowledge which is the fear of the Lord; that knowledge of God which is the result of love. Piety, in the Scriptures, is often represented as the “knowledge” of God; see the notes at John 17:3; compare the notes at Ephesians 3:19.

After the image of him that created him - So as to resemble God. In knowledge he was made in the likeness of his Maker.%%

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. And have put on the new man — See on Romans 12:1-2 (note).

Is renewed in knowledge — IGNORANCE was the grand characteristic of the heathen state; KNOWLEDGE, of the Christian. The utmost to which heathenism could pretend was a certain knowledge of nature. How far this went, and how much it fell short of the truth, may be seen in the writings of Aristotle and Pliny. Christianity reveals God himself, the author of nature; or, rather, God has revealed himself, in the Christian system with which he has blessed mankind. Christianity teaches a man the true knowledge both of himself and of God; but it is impossible to know one's self but in the light of God; the famous γνωθισεαυτον, know thyself, was practicable only under the Christian religion.

After the image of him that created him — We have already seen that God made man in his own image; and we have seen in what that image consisted. Genesis 1:26, and on Ephesians 4:23; Ephesians 4:24. Does not the apostle refer here to the case of an artist, who wishes to make a perfect resemblance of some exquisite form or person? God in this case is the artist, man is the copy, and God himself the original from which this copy is to be taken. Thus, then, man is made by his Creator, not according to the image or likeness of any other being, but according to his own; the image τουκτισαντος, of the Creator. And as the Divine nature cannot exist in forms or fashions, moral qualities alone are those which must be produced. Hence the apostle, interpreting the words of Moses, says that the image in which man was made, and in which he must be remade, ανακαινουμενον, made anew, consists in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness.