Section 297
125In 2 Cor. 3:18 as in Rom. 12:2 to be “transformed” is μεταμοϱϕοῦσθαɩ.
126In Col. 3:10 the new (νέος) man is being renewed (ἀναϰαɩνοῦταɩ, with which cf. ἀναϰαίνωσɩς in Rom. 12:2 and ἀναϰαɩνοῦταɩ in 2 Cor. 4:16); here “be renewed” is ἀνανεοῦσθαɩ and “the new man” is ὁ ϰαɩνòς ἄνθϱωπος. In this instance, at any rate, no distinction can be pressed between ϰαɩνóς and νέος.
127The infinitives ἀποθέσθαɩ, ἀνανεοῦσθαɩ, and ἐνδύσασθαɩ in vv. 22, 23, and 24 are to be treated as complementary to ἐδɩδάϰθησαν and as virtually indirect commands: what they were taught was “Put off ... be renewed . . . put on. . . .” They have occasionally been treated, however, as indirect statements; cf. J. N. Darby, The New Testament: A New Translation (London, 21871): “ye have . . . been instructed in him . . .; [namely] your having put off . . .; and being renewed . . .; and [your] having put on. . . .” Similarly J. Eadie (Commentary on the Greek Text of Ephesians [London, 1861]) and T. W. Peile (Annotations on the Apostolical Epistles [London, 1848-52]), whose rendering “that ye have put off . . . and have put on . . .” is mentioned by W. Kelly. For all his devotion to Darby, Kelly’s feeling for Greek usage was too sensitive for him to accept Darby’s rendering: he refers to it with respect but prefers to translate “that ye should put off . . . and be renewed . . . and put on . . . ,” commenting accordingly (The Epistle to the Ephesians [London, 1870], pp. viii, 223-24). The infinitives ἀποθέσθαɩ and ἐνδύσαθαɩ are aorist, because an action (baptismal?) is in view; ἀνανε-οῦσθαɩ is present, because a continuous way of life is meant.