Ephesians 4:20 (WEB)
But you didn’t learn Christ that way,
Fathers and councils · 4
Athanasius of Alexandria
“But ‘we did not so learn Christ, if so be that we heard’ Him, and were taught from Him, ‘putting off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,’ and taking up ‘the new, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.’” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 20–24
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Tertullian
“Branding, in fine, such as had denied themselves—Christians, to wit—on the score of having “delivered themselves up to the working of every impurity,” “But ye,” he says, “not so have learnt Christ.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 17–20.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…renewed (not by dyeings and ornaments), but in the spirit of your mind; and put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 20–24.
Read the whole comment“Renovamini autem spiritu mentis vestræ, et induatis novum hominem, qui creatus est secundum Deum in justitia et sanctitate veritatis,” ad Dei similitudinem.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 20–24.
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