Ephesians 4:22 (WEB)
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
Catechism · 1
“He should strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the "old man" and to put on the "new man."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 4:22, 24.
Fathers and councils · 27
Jerome
“But now He has raised us up with Him, and made us to sit with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that we may put away according to our former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the lusts of deceit, and that blessing may be applied to…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore the song also which we sing is a new song, and putting off the old man we walk not in the oldness of the letter but in the newness of the spirit.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…in ordinances, for to create in Himself of two one new man;’ and again, ‘Put ye on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.’” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22; vid. Cyr. Thes. p. 156.
Read the whole comment“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
Read the whole comment“Putting off the old man and his deeds, let us put on the new man, which is created in God,’ in humbleness of mind, and a pure conscience; in meditation of the law by night and by day.” — editor's note: Luke xii. 40; 1 Cor. v. 8; Ephes. iv. 22–24.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But no man passes into the body of Christ, until he has been stripped of his fleshly raiment; according to that of the Apostle, “Put ye off the old man.” [Eph 4:22]” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Put off, by confession, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit, that ye may put on the new man, which is renewed according to knowledge of Him that created him.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22; Col. iii. 10.
Read the whole comment“For since the adverse powers made their lair in your members, ye may no longer wear that old garment; I do not at all mean this visible one, but the old man, which waxeth corrupt in the lusts of deceit.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For from Adam unto Moses the human race lived of the body, that is, according to the flesh: which is called the outward and the old man, and to which the Old Testament was given, that it might prefigure the spiritual things to come by operations, albeit religious, yet carnal.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 6; Eph. iv. 22.
Read the whole comment“…called the old man and the latter the new; but the new is born of the old, since spiritual regeneration is begun by a change of an earthy, and worldly life; and therefore the latter is called son of man.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22, 24.
Read the whole comment“As though to conquered Jebusites, in order that there may be builded up Jerusalem, is said, “Put ye off the old man, and put on the new.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 9, 10; Eph. iv. 22, 24.
Read the whole comment“All this is not done but by pressure: therefore the Churches of God of this time are called winepresses.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 9, 10; Eph. iv. 22.
Read the whole comment“All who believe in Christ, who put off the old man, and put on the new, are a new creature.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22–24.
Read the whole comment“For, giving the same admonition, he thus saith in another place: “As is the truth in Jesus, that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, him which is corrupt according to the lust of deception; but be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, him which after God is created.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 21–24. [See R.V.]
Read the whole comment“For that is done inwardly of which the same apostle speaks: “Put off the old man, and put on the new;” which he goes on to explain by saying, “Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22–25
Read the whole comment“And the Apostle Paul saith to thee, “Put ye off the old man with his deeds, and put ye on the new man.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 9; Eph. iv. 22–24.
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Tertullian
“Nay, rather, by the virtue of contemning food He was initiating “the new man” into “a severe handling” of “the old,” that He might show that (new man) to the devil, again seeking to tempt him by means of food, (to be) too strong for the whole power of hunger.” — editor's note: Comp. Eph. iv. 22, 23; and, for the meaning of sugillationem (“severe handling”), comp. 1 Cor. ix. 27, where St. Paul’s word ὑπωπιάζω (="I smite under the…
Read the whole comment“…the deceitful lusts; and to be renewed in the spirit of our mind; and to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness,” (they maintain) that by here also making a distinction between the two substances, and applying the old one to the flesh and the new one to the spirit, he…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22–24.
Read the whole comment“…and blood to be understood in no other sense than the before-mentioned “image of the earthy;” and since this is reckoned to consist in “the old conversation,” which old conversation receives not the kingdom of God, therefore flesh and blood, by not receiving the kingdom of God, are reduced to the life of the old…” — editor's note: See Eph. iv. 22.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“However, be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put ye on that new man, which is created according to God.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 21–24.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.20On Virginity
“Now just in the same way the man who is courting the spiritual alliance will first of all display himself, by the renewal of his mind, a young man, without a single touch of age upon him; next he will reveal a lineage rich in that in which it is a noble ambition to be rich, not priding…” — editor's note: See Eph. iv. 22, 23.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“IV. This is our present Festival; it is this which we are celebrating to-day, the Coming of God to Man, that we might go forth, or rather (for this is the more proper expression) that we might go back to God—that putting off the old man, we might put on the New; and that as we died in…” — editor's note: Ephes. iv. 22, 24.
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Aphrahat
“Whosoever casts off the old man, let him not turn back to his former works.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22.
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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.
Read the whole comment“For “to bring themselves into captivity,” and to slay themselves, putting to death “the old man, who is through lusts corrupt,” and raising the new man from death, “from the old conversation,” by abandoning the passions, and becoming free of sin, both the Gospel and the apostle enjoin.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 6, 7; 2 Cor. x. 5; Eph. iv. 22–24; Col. iii. 8, 9, etc.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, him who according to God is ordained in righteousness, and holiness, and truth.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 22–24.
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Cross-references · 26
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.3.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.3 and 2 other places.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 14.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 14.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 45.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.3.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:1–8 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.3.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 45.