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Rev. 18:6 (ditto); 22:12,
RV
(
KJV
, “give”); (b) of unrighteous acts. Rom. 12:17,
RV
(
KJV
,
“recompense”); 1 Thess. 5:15; 1 Pet. 3:9. See
DELIVER
, A, No. 3,
RECOMPENSE
, B, No. 2.
2.
(
&
, 467), to give in return for,” is translated “render” in
1 Thess. 3:9. See
RECOMPENSE
,
REPAY
.
3.
(
$!
, 3930), “to furnish, provide, supply,” is translated “render” in
Col. 4:1,
RV
(
KJV
, “give”), of what is due from masters to servants. See
GIVE
, No. 8.
4.
(
&
, 1325), “to give,” is translated “rendering” in 2 Thess. 1:8,
RV
(
KJV
, “taking”), of the divine execution of vengeance at the revelation of Christ from
heaven hereafter. See
GIVE
, No. 1.
RENEW, RENEWING (Verb and Noun)
A. Verbs.
1.
(
, 341), “to make new” ( , “back” or “again,”
,
“new,” not recent but different), “to renew,” is used in the passive voice in 2 Cor. 4:16, of
the daily renewal of “the inward man” (in contrast to the physical frame), i.e., of the
“renewal” of spiritual power; in Col. 3:10, of “the new man” (in contrast to the old
unregenerate nature), which “is being renewed unto knowledge,”
RV
(cf. No. 3 in Eph.
4:23), i.e., the true knowledge in Christ, as opposed to heretical teachings.¶
Note:
This word has not been found elsewhere in Greek writings as yet, though No. 2
is, which would prevent the supposition that the apostle coined a new word.
2.
(
&
, 340) is a variant form of No. 1, used in Heb. 6:6, of the
impossibility of “renewing” to repentance those Jews who professedly adhered to the
Christian faith, if, after their experiences of it (not actual possession of its regenerating
effects), they apostatized into their former Judaism.¶ In the Sept., 2 Chron. 15:8; Ps. 39:2;
103:5; 104:30; Lam. 5:21.¶
3.
(
, 365), “to renew, make young” ( , as in No. 1, and
,
“recent,” not different), is used in Eph. 4:23, “be renewed (in the spirit of your mind).”
The “renewal” here mentioned is not that of the mind itself in its natural powers of
memory, judgment and perception, but “the spirit of the mind,” which, under the
controlling power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, directs its bent and energies Godward in
the enjoyment of “fellowship with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ,” and of the
fulfillment of the will of God.¶ The word is frequent in inscriptions and in the papyri.
B. Noun.
(
&
, 342), akin to A, No. 1, “a renewal,” is used in Rom. 12:2,
“the renewing (of your mind),” i.e., the adjustment of the moral and spiritual vision and
thinking to the mind of God, which is designed to have a transforming effect upon the
life; in Titus 3:5, where “the renewing of the Holy Spirit” is not a fresh bestowment of
the Spirit, but a revival of His power, developing the Christian life; this passage stresses
the continual operation of the indwelling Spirit of God; the Romans passage stresses the
willing response on the part of the believer.¶
RENOUNCE
1.
(
, 550), lit., “to tell from” ( , “from,”
, an aorist form
used to supply parts of
, “to say”), signifies “to renounce,” 2 Cor. 4:2 (middle voice),