which in Col. 3, 10, is expressed by avaxawow, and in Rom. 12, 2, and Tit. 3,5, by ἀνακαίνωσις, is here ex- pressed by avavedw.
The subject of this renewal, that as to which men are to be made new, is expressed in the clause τῷ πνεύ- ματι τοῦ νοὸς ὑμῶν, i. 6. as to the spirit of your mind. This combination is unexampled. Grotius says: Spiri- tus mentis est ipsa mens; as Augustin before him had said: Spiritum mentis dicere voluit eum spiritum, quae mens vocatur. But here spirit and mind are distin- guished. The spirit of a man is not that spirit which is aman; but which man has. Others take the word spirit here to be temper, disposition. ‘ Renewed as to the temper of your mind.” This is a very unusual, if not doubtful meaning of the word in the New Testa- ment. Others, again, say that the word spirit means the Holy Spirit, and that the passage should be ren- dered, “by the Spirit which is in your mind.” But this is impossible. The “spirit of the mind” is here as plainly distinguished from the Spirit of God as in Rom. 8, 16, where the Spirit of God is said to bear witness with our spirit.
It may be remarked in reference to this phrase :— 1. That although the passage in Rom. 12, 2, “renewal of your mind,” obviously expresses the same general idea as is here expressed by saying, “renewed as to the spirit of the mind,” it does not follow that “ mind” and “spirit of the mind,” mean exactly the same thing. The one expression is general, the other precise and definite. 2. The words πνεῦμα, νοῦς, καρδία, ψυχή,