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Selected Verse: Ephesians 4:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eph 4:23 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] be renewed [365] in the spirit [4151] of your [5216] mind [3563]; |
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King James |
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
be renewed--The Greek (ananeousthai) implies "the continued renewal in the youth of the new man." A different Greek word (anakainousthai) implies "renewal from the old state."
in the spirit of your mind--As there is no Greek for "in," which there is at Eph 4:17, "in the vanity of their mind," it is better to translate, "By the Spirit of your mind," that is, by your new spiritual nature; the restored and divinely informed leading principle of the mind. The "spirit" of man in New Testament is only then used in its proper sense, as worthy of its place and governing functions, when it is one spirit with the Lord. The natural, or animal man, is described as "not having the Spirit" (Jde 1:19) [ALFORD]. Spirit is not in this sense attributed to the unregenerate (Th1 5:23). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And be renewed - That is, it is necessary that a man who has been following these should become a new man; see the notes on Joh 3:3 ff., compare the notes on Co2 4:16. The word used here - ἀνανεόω ananeoō - does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament; but it has the same meaning as the word used in Co2 4:16, and Col 3:10. It means to make new, and is descriptive of the work of regeneration. This was addressed to the church, and to those whom Paul regarded as Christians; and we learn from this:
(1) that it is necessary that man should be "renewed" in order to be saved.
(2) that it is proper to exhort Christians to be renewed. They need renovated strength every day.
(3) that it is a matter of "obligation" to be renewed. People are "bound" thus to be renovated, And,
(4) that they have sufficient natural ability to change from the condition of the old to that of the "new" man, or they could not be exhorted to it.
(See the supplementary Rom 8:7, note; Gal 5:17, note.)
In the spirit of your mind - In your temper; your heart; your nature. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
In the spirit of your mind (τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν)
The spirit is the human spirit, having its seat in and directing the mind. In the New Testament the Holy Spirit is never designated so as that man appears as the subject of the Spirit. We have Spirit of adoption, of holiness, of God, but never Holy Spirit of man. Furthermore, the apostle's object is to set forth the moral self-activity of the christian life. Hence πνεῦμα spirit, is here the higher life-principle in man by which the human reason, viewed on its moral side - the organ of moral thinking and knowing is informed. The renewal takes place, not in the mind, but in the spirit of it. "The change is not in mind psychologically, either in its essence or in its operation; and neither is it in the mind as if it were a superficial change of opinion either on points of doctrine or practice: but it is in the spirit of the mind; in that which gives mind both its bent and its materials of thought. It is not simply in the spirit as if it lay there in dim and mystic quietude; but it is in the spirit of the mind; in the power which, when changed itself, radically alters the entire sphere and business of the inner mechanism" (Eadie). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The spirit of your mind - The very ground of your heart. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind - Their old mode of living was to be abandoned; a new one to be assumed. The mind is to be renovated; and not only its general complexion, but the very spirit of it; all its faculties and powers must be thoroughly, completely, and universally renewed. Plautus uses a similar expression describing deep distress, and answerable to our phrase innermost soul: -
Paupertas, pavor territat mentem animi.
Poverty and dread alarm my innermost soul.
Epid., l. 519. |
23 And [1161] the very [846] God [2316] of peace [1515] sanctify [37] you [5209] wholly [3651]; and [2532] I pray God your [5216] whole [3648] spirit [4151] and [2532] soul [5590] and [2532] body [4983] be preserved [5083] blameless [274] unto [1722] the coming [3952] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547].
19 These [3778] be [1526] they who separate [592] themselves [1438], sensual [5591], having [2192] not [3361] the Spirit [4151].
17 This [5124] I say [3004] therefore [3767], and [2532] testify [3143] in [1722] the Lord [2962], that ye [5209] henceforth [3371] walk [4043] not [3371] as [2531] [2532] other [3062] Gentiles [1484] walk [4043], in [1722] the vanity [3153] of their [846] mind [3563],
17 For [1063] the flesh [4561] lusteth [1937] against [2596] the Spirit [4151], and [1161] the Spirit [4151] against [2596] the flesh [4561]: and [1161] these [5023] are contrary [480] the one to the other [240]: so that [2443] ye cannot [3363] do [4160] the things [5023] that [3739] [302] ye would [2309].
7 Because [1360] the carnal [4561] mind [5427] is enmity [2189] against [1519] God [2316]: for [1063] it is [5293] not [3756] subject [5293] to the law [3551] of God [2316], neither [3761] indeed [1063] can be [1410].
10 And [2532] have put on [1746] the new [3501] man, which [3588] is renewed [341] in [1519] knowledge [1922] after [2596] the image of him [1504] that created [2936] him [846]:
16 For which cause [1352] we faint [1573] not [3756]; but [235] though [1499] our [2257] outward [1854] man [444] perish [1311], yet [235] the inward [2081] man is renewed [341] day [2250] by [2532] day [2250].
16 For which cause [1352] we faint [1573] not [3756]; but [235] though [1499] our [2257] outward [1854] man [444] perish [1311], yet [235] the inward [2081] man is renewed [341] day [2250] by [2532] day [2250].
3 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto thee [4671], Except [3362] a man [5100] be born [1080] again [509], he cannot [1410] [3756] see [1492] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].