Answer: We clothe ourselves with Christ when we are
baptized into Christ, (verse 27).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
In the following Scriptures, notice WHEN we are clothed with
Christ, the price of our "new clothing," what this
"new clothing" consists of that we "put
on," what the "old clothing" is that we cast
aside or put off or put away, how we learn of our "filthy
clothing," how we learn of the "new clothing,"
and how we keep our "new clothing" pure and
unspotted:
Psalm 132:9: "May Your priests be
clothed with righteousness; may Your saints sing for
joy."
Isaiah 61:10: "I delight greatly in
the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me
with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."
Romans 6:3-11: "Or don't you know
that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through
baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from
the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new
life. If we have been united with Him like this in His death,
we will certainly also be united with Him in His
resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified
with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we
should no longer be slaves to sin--because anyone who has died
has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we
believe that we will also live with Him. For we know that
since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death
no longer has mastery over Him. The death He died, He died to
sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. In
the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in
Christ Jesus."
Romans 13:12-14: "The night is
nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds
of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave
decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in
sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and
jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus
Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the
sinful nature."
1 Corinthians 6:9-11: "Do you not
know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers
nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the
greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the
kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you
were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the Name of
the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
1 Corinthians 12:13: "For we were
all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or
Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to
drink."
2 Corinthians 5:21: "God made Him
Who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the
righteousness of God."
Ephesians 4:17-14: "So I tell you
this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as
the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are
darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God
because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of
their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given
themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of
impurity, with a continual lust for more. You, however, did
not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of Him and
were taught in Him in accordance with the Truth that is in
Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of
life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its
deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true
righteousness and holiness."
Colossians 3:5-17: "Put to death,
therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual
immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is
idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.
But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger,
rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do
not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with
its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed
in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no
Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian,
slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Therefore,
as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves
with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have
against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And
over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together
in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And
be thankful. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as
you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing
psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to
God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all
in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father
through Him."
Revelation 7:13-14: "Then one of
the elders asked me, 'These in white robes--who are
they, and where did they come from?' I answered,
'Sir, you know.' And he said, 'These are
they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb.'"
