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Mortals and Immortals
Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
—New Living Translation
“Put on” is translated from the Greek verb endyō, meaning to clothe oneself in or to wear—here, applied symbolically to taking on characteristics, virtues, and intentions. Later it appears in the counsel, “Put on the whole armour of God” (6:11), as well as in the statement “Ye have . . . put on the new man” and the charge “Put on . . . bowels of mercies” (Colossians 3:9, 10, 12, Responsive Reading).
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Resources quoted in this issue
GT: New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, IL. All rights reserved; Phillips, J.B. The New Testament in Modern English. Copyright © 1960, 1972 J.B. Phillips. Administered by The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England. Used by permission.
Cit. 6: Buttrick, George Arthur, Nolan B. Harmon, et al., eds. The Interpreter’s Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 6, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Twelve Prophets. Nashville: Abingdon, 1951–57.
Cit. 11: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of John, Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of John, Vol. 1. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
Cit. 13: Carroll, John T., and Jennifer K. Cox. Luke: A Commentary. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.
Cit. 14: Life Application Study Bible, New Living Translation. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Pub, 2007.
Cit. 17: Lewis, Karoline M. John: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.
Cit. 20: Buttrick, George Arthur, Nolan B. Harmon, et al., eds. The Interpreter’s Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 10, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians. Nashville: Abingdon, 1951–57; Mays, James L., Joseph Blenkinsopp, et al., eds. Harper’s Bible Commentary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.
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