Ephesians 4:23

Webster's Bible Translation

And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind;

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
You must be made new in your hearts and in your thinking.

Revised Standard Version
and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and be ye renued in the sprete of youre myndes

Hebrew Names Version
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

New American Standard Bible
and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

New Century Version
But you were taught to be made new in your hearts,

Update Bible Version
and that you are renewed in the spirit of your mind,

English Standard Version
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

World English Bible
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
To be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

Weymouth's New Testament
and to get yourselves renewed in the temper of your minds and clothe yourselves

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and be ye renewlid in the spirit of youre soule;

English Revised Version
and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Berean Standard Bible
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

Contemporary English Version
Let the Spirit change your way of thinking

Amplified Bible
and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude],

American Standard Version
and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Bible in Basic English
And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

Complete Jewish Bible
and you must let your spirits and minds keep being renewed,

Darby Translation
and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;

International Standard Version
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,Romans 12:2; Colossians 3:10;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Murdock Translation
and should be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

King James Version (1611)
And bee renewed in the spirit of your minde:

New Living Translation
Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

New Life Bible
Let your minds and hearts be made new.

New Revised Standard
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And be renued in the spirit of your minde,

George Lamsa Translation
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And were to be getting young again in the spirit of your mind,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And be renewed in spirit of your mind:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
To be renued in the spirite of your mynde,

Good News Translation
Your hearts and minds must be made completely new,

Christian Standard Bible®
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

King James Version
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

Lexham English Bible
be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Literal Translation
and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Young's Literal Translation
and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde,

Mace New Testament (1729)
and to be renewed in your mind, by living like men formed anew,

New English Translation
to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

New King James Version
and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Instead, let the Holy Ghost give you better thoughts and ways.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Legacy Standard Bible
and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Contextual Overview

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 to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. ²⁰ But ye have not so learned Christ; ²¹ If indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: ²² That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts: ²³ And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind; ²⁴ And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. ²⁵ Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. ²⁶ Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

be: Ephesians 2:10, Psalms 51:10, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 12:2, Colossians 3:10, Titus 3:5

spirit: Romans 8:6, 1 Peter 1:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:15 - denied 2 Corinthians 4:16 - is Galatians 5:22 - love Colossians 1:6 - knew 2 Peter 1:4 - ye might

Cross-References

Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.

Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; I [am] the LORD.

Numbers 23:18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

Judges 9:7
And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Or by the Spirit that is in your mind; that is, by the Holy Spirit; who is in the saints, and is the author of renovation in them; and who is the reviver and carrier on, and finisher of that work, and therefore that is called the renewing of the Holy Spirit, Titus 3:5 or rather the mind of man, which is a spirit, of a spiritual nature, immaterial and immortal, and is the seat of that renewing work of the Spirit of God; which shows, that the more noble part of man stands in need of renovation, being corrupted by sin: and this renewing in it, designs not the first work of renovation; for these Ephesians had been renewed, and were made new creatures in Christ; but the gradual progress of it; and takes in, if not principally intends, a renewal, or an increase of spiritual light and knowledge, of life and strength, of joy and comfort, and fresh supplies of grace, and a revival of the exercise of grace; and in short, a renewal of spiritual youth, and a restoration of the saints to that state and condition they were in, in times past: and the exhortation to this can only mean, that it becomes saints to be concerned for such revivings and renewings, and to pray for them, as David did,

Psalms 51:10 for otherwise, this is as much the work of the Spirit of God, as renovation is at first; and he only who is sent forth, and renews the face of the earth, year by year, can renew us daily in the Spirit of our minds.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 John 3:3 ff., compare the notes on 2 Corinthians 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 2 Corinthians 4:16, and Colossians 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 Romans 8:7, note; Galatians 5:17, note.)

In the spirit of your mind - In your temper; your heart; your nature.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. 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.