Old Man
Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]
A term used in the N.T. to express a moral condition or order of man which has been superseded for the Christian by the introduction of the new man. "Our old man has been crucified with him [Christ], that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin." Romans 6:6 . The old man is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and the Christian is appealed to as having put off the old man. Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:9 . If he has learnt this in his soul, "as the truth is in Jesus," he has to maintain consistency with it, and to act in the character of the new man, which he has put on, and in which Christians are one in Christ Jesus.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
( παλαιός , palaiós , "old," "ancient"): A term thrice used by Paul ( Romans 6:6; Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:9 ) to signify the unrenewed man, the natural man in the corruption of sin, i.e. sinful human nature before conversion and regeneration. It is theologically synonymous with "flesh" ( Romans 8:3-9 ), which stands, not for bodily organism, but, for the whole nature of man (body and soul) turned away from God and devoted to self and earthly things.
The old man is "in the flesh"; the new man "in the Spirit." In the former "the works of the flesh" ( Galatians 5:19-21 ) are manifest; in the latter "the fruit of the Spirit" ( Galatians 5:22 , Galatians 5:23 ). One is "corrupt according to the deceitful lusts"; the other "created in righteousness and true holiness" ( Ephesians 4:22-24 the King James Version). See also Man , Natural; Man , New .
