And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Be renewed, х ananeousthai (G365) implies 'the continued renewal in the youth of the new man;' but anakainousthai, 'renewal from the old state']
In the spirit of your mind. As there is no Greek for 'in,' as at Ephesians 4:17, translate, 'by the spirit of your mind;'
i.e., by the Holy Spirit united with your spirit, and influencing your mind х nous (G3563)] Romans 12:2). The "spirit" of man is only then recognized when it is one spirit with the Lord. The natural or animal х psuchikoi (G5591)] man is described as "having not the Spirit" (Jude 1:19). Not filling its true function as receptacle of the Holy Spirit, the spirit of the unregenerate is in abeyance (1 Thessalonians 5:23).