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Put on therefore (endusasthe oun). First aorist middle imperative of endunō (Col 3:10). He explains and applies (oun therefore) the figure of “the new man” as “the new garment.”
As God’s elect (hōs eklektoi tou theou). Same phrase in Rom 8:33; Tit 1:1. In the Gospels a distinction exists between klētos and eklektos (Mat 24:22, Mat 24:24, Mat 24:31), but no distinction appears in Paul’s writings. Here further described as “holy and beloved” (hagioi kai ēgapēmenoi). The items in the new clothing for the new man in Christ Paul now gives in contrast with what was put off (Col 3:8). The garments include a heart of compassion (splagchna oiktirmou, the nobler viscera as the seat of emotion as in Luk 1:78; Phi 1:8), kindness (chrēstotēta, as in Gal 5:22), humility (tapeinophrosunēn, in the good sense as in Phi 2:3), meekness (prautēta, in Gal 5:23 and in Eph 4:2 also with tapeinophrosunē), long-suffering (makrothumian, in Gal 5:22; Col 1:11; Jam 5:10).