and have puton the new selfwho is being renewedto a true knowledgeaccordingto the imageof the One who createdhim--
Thisis the bookof the generationsof Adam.In the daywhen Godcreatedman,He madehim in the likenessof God.
"I puton righteousness,and it clothedme; My justicewas like a robeand a turban.
Createin me a cleanheart,O God,And renewa steadfastspiritwithinme.
Awake,awake,Clotheyourselfin your strength,O Zion;Clotheyourselfin your beautifulgarments,O Jerusalem,the holycity;For the uncircumcisedand the uncleanWill nolongercomeinto you.
He puton righteousnesslike a breastplate,And a helmetof salvationon His head;And He puton garmentsof vengeancefor clothingAnd wrappedHimself with zealas a mantle.
"And I will givethem oneheart,and puta newspiritwithinthem. And I will takethe heartof stoneout of their fleshand givethem a heartof flesh,
"Castawayfrom you allyour transgressionswhichyou have committedand makeyourselves a newheartand a newspirit!For whywill you die,O houseof Israel?
"Moreover, I will giveyou a newheartand puta newspiritwithinyou; and I will removethe heartof stonefrom your fleshand giveyou a heartof flesh.
"Thisis eternallife,that they may knowYou, the onlytrue God,and JesusChristwhomYou have sent.
And do not be conformedto thisworld,but be transformedby the renewingof your mind,sothat you may provewhatthe willof Godis, that which is goodand acceptableand perfect.
The nightis almost gone,and the dayis near.Thereforelet us lay asidethe deedsof darknessand puton the armorof light.
But puton the LordJesusChrist,and makenoprovisionfor the fleshin regardto [its] lusts.
Thereforewe have been buriedwith Him throughbaptisminto death,sothat as Christwas raisedfrom the deadthroughthe gloryof the Father,sowe toomight walkin newnessof life.
For those whomHe foreknew,He alsopredestined[to become] conformedto the imageof His Son,sothat He would be the firstbornamongmanybrethren;
But we all,with unveiledface,beholding as in a mirrorthe gloryof the Lord,are being transformedinto the sameimagefrom gloryto glory,justas from the Lord,the Spirit.
Thereforewe do not lose heart,but thoughour outermanis decaying,yetour inner manis being reneweddayby day.
For God,who said,"Lightshall shineout of darkness,"is the One whohas shonein our heartsto give the Lightof the knowledgeof the gloryof Godin the faceof Christ.
Thereforeifanyoneis in Christ,[he is] a newcreature;the old thingspassed away;behold,new thingshave come.
For all of you whowere baptizedinto Christhave clothedyourselves with Christ.
For neitheris circumcisionanything,noruncircumcision,but a newcreation.
For we are His workmanship,createdin ChristJesusfor goodworks,whichGodprepared beforehandsothat we would walkin them.
by abolishingin His fleshthe enmity,[which is] the Lawof commandments[contained] in ordinances,sothat in HimselfHe might makethe twointo onenewman,[thus] establishingpeace,
So,as those who have been chosenof God,holyand beloved,puton a heartof compassion,kindness,humility,gentlenessand patience;
Beyondallthese things[put on] love,whichis the perfectbond of unity.
[and I pray] that the fellowshipof your faithmay becomeeffectivethroughthe knowledgeof everygood thingwhich is in you for Christ'ssake.
and [then] have fallen away,it is impossibleto renewthem againto repentance,since they again crucifyto themselvesthe Sonof Godand put Him to open shame.
By thiswe knowthat we have come to knowHim, ifwe keepHis commandments.
but whoeverkeepsHis word,in him the loveof Godhas trulybeen perfected.By thiswe knowthat we are in Him:
And He who sitson the thronesaid,"Behold,I am makingall thingsnew."And He said,"Write,for thesewordsare faithfuland true."
