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19 Bible Verses About Transformation

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Summary

  • Romans 12:2 and 2 Corinthians 3:18 use metamorphoo, the verb Matthew 17:2 and Mark 9:2 use for Jesus being transfigured.
  • Ezekiel 36:26-27 promises exiled Israel a new heart, a new spirit, and God’s own Spirit within them.
  • Colossians 3:9-10 describes the old self as already put off and the new self as still “being renewed”.
  • Titus 3:5 and Romans 6:4 tie new life to washing and baptism; the Catholic Catechism teaches that baptism brings new birth, while the Westminster and 1689 Baptist confessions call it a sign.
  • Philippians 3:21 and 1 John 3:2 place the completion of the change at Christ’s appearing, and Philippians includes the body.

The Bible describes transformation as God changing a person from the inside, from a new heart to likeness to Christ. The main passages are Ezekiel 36:26 (a new heart), John 3:3 (new birth), 2 Corinthians 5:17 (a new creation), Romans 12:2 (a renewed mind) and 1 John 3:2 (the change completed). The passages speak of this change in three tenses. Some say it has happened (“you have been born again”, 1 Peter 1:23), some that it is happening (“are being…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 3339, μεταμορφόω (metamorphoo): to transform, to change form; used of Jesus in Matthew 17:2 and Mark 9:2 and of believers in 2 Corinthians 3:18. biblehub.com/greek/3339

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1213, on baptism. vatican.va

Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 28, Of Baptism. ligonier.org

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689), chapter 29, Of Baptism. the1689confession.com

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