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Colossians 3:10
ESV and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
NIV and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
NASB and have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it—
CSB and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.
NLT Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
KJV And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

What does Colossians 3:10 mean?

This verse picks up in the middle of a thought begun in verse 9, regarding Christians setting aside the "old self" of worldly, sinful behaviors. In contrast with the old self, the believer is a new creation and should therefore live differently. Paul adds that the new self is constantly refreshed through knowledge of the one who created it: Christ. Knowledge which comes from Christ is noted throughout Colossians as an important part of the Christian life (Colossians 1:9–10; Colossians 2:2–3).

Just as Christ is "the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15), believers are being remade into the likeness of Jesus. Paul notes elsewhere that Christ is "the image of God" (2 Corinthians 4:4). Jesus is also fully involved in creation (Colossians 1:16). John 1:3 says, "All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made." The believer is a new person increasingly designed to grow more like Christ, the one who created us.
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