Ephesians 4:24

“And that ye put on the new man, &c.] Which some understand of Jesus Christ, who is truly and really man, and a new or extraordinary one, (<243122>Jeremiah 31:22) and as such is God's creature, and is made after his image, and which appears in his perfect holiness and righteousness; and the phrase of putting on well agrees with him, ( <451314>Romans 13:14 <480327>Galatians 3:27) whose righteousness is a garment, pure and spotless, and which is put on by the hand of faith: though rather by the “new man” is meant, the new nature, the new principle, or work of grace in the soul, elsewhere called a new creature; and it bears this name in opposition to, and distinction from the old man, or…”

“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 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" (Gen 1:27; Col 3:10; Pe1 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…”

“And that ye put on the new man - The new man refers to the renovated nature. This is called in other places, the “new creature, or the new creation” (see the notes on 2 Corinthians 5:17), and refers to the condition after the heart is changed. The change is so great, that there is no impropriety in speaking of one who has experienced it as “a new man.” He has new feelings, principles, and desires. He has laid aside his old principles and practices, and, in everything that pertains to moral character, he is new. His body is indeed the same; the intellectual structure of his mind the same; but there has been a change in his principles and feelings which malco him, in all the great purposes of…”

“The new man - Universal holiness. After - In the very image of God. Ephesians 4:25”

“4:24 A believer has a new nature: God’s Spirit expresses his life within the believer (see Col 3:10; cp. Gen 1:26; Rom 12:1-2; Gal 5:22-23). The transforming work of God’s Spirit is part of the gift of salvation (Eph 2:8-10).”

“put: Eph 6:11; Job 29:14; Isa 52:1, Isa 59:17; Rom 13:12, Rom 13:14; Co1 15:53; Gal 3:27; Col 3:10-14 new: Eph 2:15; Rom 6:4; Co2 4:16, Co2 5:17; Pe1 2:2 after: Gen 1:26, Gen 1:27; Co2 3:18; Col 3:10; Jo1 3:2 created: Eph 2:10; Gal 6:15 righteousness: Psa 45:6, Psa 45:7; Rom 8:29; Tit 2:14; Heb 1:8, Heb 12:14; Jo1 3:3 true holiness: or, holiness of truth, Joh 17:17 Ephesians 4:25”