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.