What is meant by saying that the old man in us should die, and the new man appear more and more?

Luther's Small Catechism

What is meant by saying that the old man in us should die, and the new man appear more and more?

Baptism
Question 367
Luther's Small Catechism
Luther's Small Catechism

Luther's Small Catechism

What is meant by saying that the old man in us should die, and the new man appear more and more?

Baptism
Question 367

Question

What is meant by saying that the old man in us should die, and the new man appear more and more?

Answer

Sin should be rooted out from us through daily sorrow and repentance, and our love to God and man should grow up within us more and more, so that it may appear in all our conduct that we have the mind of Christ.

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