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andδὲbe renewedἀνανεοῦσθαιin the spiritτῷ πνεύματιof your mind,τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν
Ephesians 4:23
Study it in the app“and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 4:23, word by word
- be renewedἀνανεοῦσθαιananeousthai
renew
Renew, make new within.
Where else “ananeousthai” appears- in the spiritπνεύματιpneumati
spirit
A person's spirit, their inner self.
Where else “pneumati” appears- of your mindνοὸςnoos
mind
The capacity to think, judge and understand in each person.
Where else “noos” appears
The context
22that you put off, according to your former way of life, the old man who is being corrupted according to the desires of deceit,
23 · This verse (above)
24and put on the new man who has been created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
To study Ephesians 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul urge them to do about unity, and how many times does he say "one" (v. 1-6)?
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul contrasts the old way of life with the new, and what specific changes does he name (v. 22-32)?
3. How I live it
Paul writes, "do not let the sun go down on your anger" (v. 26). With whom could you talk calmly today to make something right?