Colossians 3:9-10 to Genesis 1:26-27

NT Text: "put off the old man... put on the new man... being renewed... according to the image of the one who created him"

OT Source(s):

• Genesis 1:26-27 (κατ' εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν - "according to image... created him")
• Genesis 3:7, 21 (clothing metaphor - fig leaves removed, God clothes Adam/Eve)
• Genesis 2:17; 3:2-3 (knowledge/epignosis theme)

Source: Beale & Carson (eds.), Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (2007); Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Typology

Significance: Believers strip off old Adam's clothing (fallen nature), don new Adam's clothing (resurrection life); restored to God like Adam/Eve after fall