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And have put on the new man: (To see number 1: See Poole on "Col_3:9").
2. Vivification, or renovation; this he connecteth with the former, continuing the metaphor. As in natural generation the expulsion of the old form is attended with the introduction of the new, so in spiritual regeneration, having put off the old Adam they had put on the new, i.e. Christ, not only sacramentally, Col_2:12,13 Ga 3:27, but really, being new creatures in Christ Jesus, 2Co_5:17 Eph_2:10, renewed in the inward man, Rom_7:22 2Co_4:16; See Poole on "Eph_3:16", See Poole on "Eph_4:24"; and endowed with a new frame of heart and a new spirit, Eze_11:19 Joh_3:5,6, new qualities and affections.
Which is renewed in knowledge; the understanding being savingly enlightened, and the will powerfully inclined by the victorious working of the Spirit, Eph_1:18-20; See Poole on "Eph_4:23", with Phi_2:13 2Th_2:13,14; and brought to more than a speculative, even to a lively and effectual knowledge, 1Jo_2:3.
After the image of him that created him; agreeable to the impress of him that had new framed or created them in Christ Jesus, 1Co_15:49 1Pe_1:15,16, by the renewing of the Holy Ghost, Tit_3:5: for as the natural image of God consisted in knowledge and righteousness; so it was requsite that the spiritual image restored by grace should consist in the rectifying of the faculties of the soul, the understanding with spiritual knowledge, and the will with a spiritual inclination to embrace the things that please God; in communion with whom sanctified souls do take in hand a new course of life, and move therein, in a spiritually natural way.