Ephesians 4:23

And were to be getting young again in the spirit of your mind,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

In Context

22That ye were to strip off—as regardeth the former behaviour—the old man, who corrupteth himself according to his deceitful covetings,

24And were to put on the man of new mould, who, after God, hath been created in his truthful righteousness and loving kindness.

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Cross References

Psalms 51:10A pure heart, create for me, O God, And, a steadfast spirit, renew within me.

Ezekiel 18:31Cast off from you all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,- For why should ye die, O house of Israel?

Romans 8:6For, what is preferred by the flesh, [is] death, whereas, what is preferred by the spirit, [is] life and peace;—

Ephesians 2:10His, in fact we are—his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon a footing of good works, which God prepared beforehand, that, therein, we might walk.

Titus 3:5Not by works which we had done in righteousness, but, according to his mercy, he saved us—through means of the bathing of a new birth, and the moulding anew of Holy Spirit.—

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32

Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →

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