📖 Biblical Definition
Pauline command paired with put-on-the-new-man: "That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness" (Eph 4:22-24). Three steps: put off (the old patterns), be renewed (the mind's spirit), put on (the new patterns). Sanctification's basic shape.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
Pauline put-off / be-renewed / put-on; sanctification's basic shape.
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Pauline command, paired always with put-on-the-new-man. Ephesians 4:22-24 gives the three-step shape: "That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Colossians 3:8-10 repeats it: put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication, lying; put on the new man with practical clothing-list (mercies, kindness, humbleness, meekness, longsuffering). Sanctification as a continual put-off / put-on cycle, with mind-renewal as the engine.
📖 Key Scripture
Ephesians 4:22-24 — "That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."
Colossians 3:8-10 — "But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds."
Romans 6:6 — "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern sanctification often skips the put-off step (just "add Jesus"); Paul insists put-off is part of put-on.
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Modern Christian growth-language often emphasizes adding (more prayer, more reading, more service). Paul's language is binary: put off AND put on. You cannot put on the new clothes without first taking off the old. Adding Jesus to a wardrobe still full of old-man patterns produces incoherent dress.
Recover the binary: list the old-man patterns to put off; list the new-man patterns to put on. The mind's renewal is the engine that drives both.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Greek apothesthai ton palaion anthrōpon.
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['Greek', 'G659', 'apotithēmi', 'to put off, lay aside']
['Greek', 'G3820', 'palaios', 'old']
['Greek', 'G444', 'anthrōpos', 'man']
Usage
"Put off, be renewed, put on."
"Cannot put on without putting off."
"Sanctification as binary wardrobe-change."