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Ephesians 4:17-24

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Τοῦτο οὖν λέγω καὶ μαρτύρομαι ἐν κυρίῳ,

Therefore this I say and I testify in the Lord,

μηκέτι ὑμᾶς περιπατεῖν, καθὼς καὶ τὰ ἔθνη περιπατεῖ

that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do,

ἐν ματαιότητι τοῦ νοὸς αὐτῶν,

in the futility of their minds.

ἐσκοτωμένοι τῇ διανοίᾳ ὄντες,

being darkened in their understanding,

ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν τὴν οὖσαν ἐν αὐτοῖς,

alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them,

διὰ τὴν πώρωσιν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν,

through to their hardness of heart.

οἵτινες ἀπηλγηκότες ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ εἰς ἐργασίαν ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ.

having become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

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Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως ἐμάθετε τὸν Χριστόν,

But that is not the way you learned Christ!—

εἴ γε αὐτὸν ἠκούσατε καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐδιδάχθητε, καθώς ἐστιν ἀλήθεια ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ,

assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,

ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον

to put off your old self,

τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης,

which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

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ἀνανεοῦσθαι δὲ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν

and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον

and to put on the new self,

τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν

created after the likeness of God

δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας.

in true righteousness and holiness.

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11363613407239 1363613405430 Arc 2013-03-18 13:30:07 2013-03-21 14:42:41 editing 6 NT 49 4 17 4 24 Ephesians 4:17-24 na27 esv i1050868 i1050853 Τοῦτο οὖν λέγω καὶ μαρτύρομαι ἐν κυρίῳ, Therefore this I say and I testify in the Lord, i1050869 i1050870 i1050854 μηκέτι ὑμᾶς περιπατεῖν, καθὼς καὶ τὰ ἔθνη περιπατεῖ that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, i1050871 i1050855 ἐν ματαιότητι τοῦ νοὸς αὐτῶν, in the futility of their minds. i1050856 ἐσκοτωμένοι τῇ διανοίᾳ ὄντες, being darkened in their understanding, i1050857 ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν τὴν οὖσαν ἐν αὐτοῖς, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, i1050858 διὰ τὴν πώρωσιν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, through to their hardness of heart. i1050859 οἵτινες ἀπηλγηκότες ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ εἰς ἐργασίαν ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ. having become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. actionmanner 1 i1050872 i1050873 i1050860 Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως ἐμάθετε τὸν Χριστόν, But that is not the way you learned Christ!— i1050861 εἴ γε αὐτὸν ἠκούσατε καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐδιδάχθητε, καθώς ἐστιν ἀλήθεια ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, i1050874 i1050875 i1050862 ἀποθέσθαι ὑμᾶς κατὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον to put off your old self, i1050863 τὸν φθειρόμενον κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ἀπάτης, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, ideaexplanation 1 i1050876 i1050864 ἀνανεοῦσθαι δὲ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, i1050877 i1050865 καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν καινὸν ἄνθρωπον and to put on the new self, i1050878 i1050866 τὸν κατὰ θεὸν κτισθέντα ἐν created after the likeness of God i1050867 δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ὁσιότητι τῆς ἀληθείας. in true righteousness and holiness. actionmanner 1 ideaexplanation 1 ideaexplanation 1 comparison 1 negativepositive 2 ideaexplanation 1 1 1 1 na27 25 esv 25 a 50 80 80 discourse

Notes

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1. " Put off your old self" is not an imperative. Is this a command or something that has already happened? It is true that we are to cast off the old self in terms of fleeing from sin (hating it) and pursuing Christlikeness. But, at one level, because of the fact that we have been crucified with Christ, the old self has already been put off. Yet, because the presence of sin remains, we must continually strip away the dead man. Thus, we live in a way that brings glory and honor to him. Matthew Henry phrases the text this way: "This is a great part of the doctrine which has been taught you, and which you have learned." So, instead of giving a command the apostle is reminding the Ephesian believers of what they have already been taught. In Christ, they have put off the old man and are new creatures! Henry is helpful again when says that "it is not enough to cease to do evil, but we must learn to do well." We must be renewed in our minds and live out the reality that we are new creatures and bear the likeness of God in "true righteousness and holiness." 2. What does it mean that our new self is "created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness"? At this point some within the Reformed tradition have stated that we lost the image of God stamped on our soul at the fall. This is not the case as can be seen in passages such as Gen 9:6. The image of God remains in all fallen human beings, yet it is tainted and marred. Here, we are recreated and the new man bears the image of God "in true righteousness and holiness." We are created in in the "likeness of God", which means we are recreated as those who are righteous and holy. The action is to be "created" and the manner is to be "created" in "righteousness and holiness." Our new self is upright in the eyes of God because of the imputation of the righteousness of Jesus. We have an alien righteousness. And we are holy. In Jesus, we are people who are committed to the glory of God above all things.

11363616173021 1363613405430 Notes 2013-03-18 14:16:13 2013-03-21 14:41:07 1. " Put off your old self" is not an imperative. Is this a command or something that has already happened? It is true that we are to cast off the old self in terms of fleeing from sin (hating it) and pursuing Christlikeness. But, at one level, because of the fact that we have been crucified with Christ, the old self has already been put off. Yet, because the presence of sin remains, we must continually strip away the dead man. Thus, we live in a way that brings glory and honor to him. Matthew Henry phrases the text this way: "This is a great part of the doctrine which has been taught you, and which you have learned." So, instead of giving a command the apostle is reminding the Ephesian believers of what they have already been taught. In Christ, they have put off the old man and are new creatures! Henry is helpful again when says that "it is not enough to cease to do evil, but we must learn to do well." We must be renewed in our minds and live out the reality that we are new creatures and bear the likeness of God in "true righteousness and holiness." 2. What does it mean that our new self is "created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness"? At this point some within the Reformed tradition have stated that we lost the image of God stamped on our soul at the fall. This is not the case as can be seen in passages such as Gen 9:6. The image of God remains in all fallen human beings, yet it is tainted and marred. Here, we are recreated and the new man bears the image of God "in true righteousness and holiness." We are created in in the "likeness of God", which means we are recreated as those who are righteous and holy. The action is to be "created" and the manner is to be "created" in "righteousness and holiness." Our new self is upright in the eyes of God because of the imputation of the righteousness of Jesus. We have an alien righteousness. And we are holy. In Jesus, we are people who are committed to the glory of God above all things. notes