Colossians 3:10 (DBY)

Passage

and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has created him;

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:8 But now, put off, *ye* also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,

Colossians 3:10 and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has created him;

Colossians 3:11 wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ [is] everything, and in all.

Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as [the] elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "created", "having", "renewed", "full", "knowledge", and "image". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "created" and "having", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Do not lie to one another having..." into verse 11's "wherein there is not Greek and Jew...", so "created" and "having" belong inside that flow. In Colossians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "created" and "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.