Colossians 3:10

“and have put on the new man, which is being renewed for knowledge according to the image of the one who created it,”
Colossians 3:10 · direct translation from the Greek

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andκαὶhave put onἐνδυσάμενοιthe new man,τὸν νέονwhich is being renewedτὸν ἀνακαινούμενονforεἰςknowledgeἐπίγνωσινaccording toκατ’the imageεἰκόναof the one who createdτοῦ κτίσαντοςit,αὐτόν

Allusion · Genesis 1:27

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Both texts join “image” and “create”: in Genesis 1:27, Elohim creates the human being in his image; in Colossians 3:10, the new self is renewed according to the image of the one who created it.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

εἰκόναeikonaG1504צַלְמtsalmH6754“image”
κτίσαντοςktisantosG2936יִּבְרָאyivraH1254“create”

Colossians 3:10, word by word

have put onἐνδυσάμενοιendysamenoi

be clothed with

To be clothed with something: with Christ, with power.

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the new manνέονneon

new

Freshly made, not yet having had time to grow old.

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which is being renewedἀνακαινούμενονanakainoumenon

renew

Renew, make new.

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knowledgeἐπίγνωσινepignōsin

knowledge

Knowledge: full knowledge of something or of someone, recognition.

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the imageεἰκόναeikona

image

Image, likeness.

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of the one who createdκτίσαντοςktisantos

create

Create.

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Translation note

It recalls Genesis 1:27.

The context

9Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old man with its practices,

10 · This verse (above)

11where there is no Greek or Jew, circumcision or uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but the Messiah is all and in all.

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