82 Cf. 2 Cor. 3:18.
75Gk. βλασφημία, αἰσϰϱολογία (the latter, meaning obscene or abusive speech, occurs here only in the NT).
76The present imperative (μὴ ψεύδεσθε) implies “Don’t go on telling lies.” On the construction of prohibitions cf. C. F. D. Moule, IBNTG, pp. 20-21.
77Gk. ἀπεϰδυσάμεvοɩ (cf. Col. 2:15 and, for the noun ἀπέϰδυσɩς, Col. 2:11). This verb is more forceful than ἀποτίθεμαɩ (v. 8); its sense is conveyed in different metaphors in Rom. 6:6 (ὁ παλαɩὸς ημѽv ἄvθϱωπος συvεσταυϱώθη); 8:12 (ὀφεɩλέταɩ ἐσμὲv οὐ τῆ σαϱϰί, τοῦ ϰατὰ σάϱϰα ζῆv). Cf. Eph. 4:23 (p. 358).
78It was this passage that suggested to John Bunyan his picture of the sinister character of “Adam the First,” who “dwelt in the town of Deceit,” whose invitation to go with him and be his servant and son-in-law Faithful was “somewhat inclinable” to accept, until he noticed the words inscribed on his forehead: “Put off the old man with his deeds” (The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part 1).
79Perhaps the Colossian heresy made some play with the concept of the new man. With the use of ἐvδύομαɩ (“put on”) W. L. Knox compares GenR 50.2 (on Gen. 19:1), where the men of Gen. 18:16 are said to “put on” angels (St. Paul and the Church of the Gentiles[Cambridge, 1939], p. 173 n.).
80The participle (ἀvαϰαɩvούμεvοv) is in the present tense. Cf. Eph. 4:23, “be renewed (ἀvαvεοῦσθαɩ) in the spirit of your mind”; Rom. 12:2, “be transformed (μεταμοϱφοῦσθε) by the renewal (ἀvαϰαίvωσɩς) of your mind.”
81Gk. εἰς ἐπίγvωσɩv. Cf. Col. 1:9 (p. 46, n. 30).
82Cf. 2 Cor. 3:18.