• Seedcorn

  Different words for ‘new’

  • a new man

    having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, (Ephesians 2:15 NKJV)

    nw G2537 καινός kainos

    and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24 NKJV)

    new G2537 καινός kainos

    and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, (Colossians 3:10 NKJV)

    new G3501 νέος neos

  • old man

    knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. (Romans 6:6 NKJV)

    that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, (Ephesians 4:22 NKJV)

    Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, (Colossians 3:9 NKJV)

    check on the ‘activity’ the tenses and the timing

    old G3820 παλαιός palaios

    Matt 9:16–17; 13:52; Mark 2:21–22; Luke 5:36–37, 39; Rom 6:6; 1 Cor 5:7–8; 2 Cor 3:14; Eph 4:22; Col 3:9; 1 John 2:7

    • L&S

      πᾰλαιός, ά, όν, regul. Comp. and Sup. παλαιότερος, -ότατος, but the usual forms are παλαίτερος, -αίτατος (formed from πάλαι): I. old in years,  a. of persons, old, aged, ἢ νέος ἠὲ παλαιός Hom.; π. γέρων, π. γρηῦς Od.; χρόνῳ π. Soph. 2. of things, οἶνος Od.; νῆες Ib. II. of old date, ancient,  1. of persons, Hom.; Μίνως παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν Thuc.; οἱ π. the ancients, Lat. veteres, Id. 2. of things, Od., Hdt., etc.:— τὸ παλαιόν, as Adv. like τὸ πάλαι, anciently, formerly, Hdt., etc.; ἐκ παλαιοῦ from of old, Id.; ἐκ παλαιτέρου from older time, Id.; ἐκ παλαιτάτου Thuc. b. of things, also, antiquated, obsolete, Aesch., Soph. Hence παλαιότης

      πᾰλαιότης, ητος, ἡ, antiquity, obsoleteness, Eur., Plat.

    • Vine:

      2. palaios (παλαιός, 3820), akin to C, No. 1 (Eng., “paleontology,” etc.), “of what is of long duration, old in years,” etc., a garment, wine (in contrast to neos; see NEW), Matt. 9:16-17; Mark 2:21-22 (twice); Luke 5:36-37, 39 (twice); of the treasures of divine truth, Matt. 13:52 (compared with kainos: see NEW); of what belongs to the past, e.g., the believer’s former self before his conversion, his “old man,” “old” because it has been superseded by that which is new, Rom. 6:6; Eph. 4:22 (in contrast to kainos); Col. 3:9 (in contrast to neos); of the covenant in connection with the Law, 2 Cor. 3:14; of leaven, metaphorical of moral evil, 1 Cor. 5:7, 8 (in contrast to neos); of that which was given long ago and remains in force, an “old” commandment, 1 John 2:7 (twice), that which was familiar and well known in contrast to that which is fresh (kainos).¶

  • old AND new

    Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” (Matthew 9:17 NKJV)

    ¶ Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” (Matthew 13:52 NKJV)

    No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.” (Mark 2:21–22 NKJV)

    Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. (1Corinthians 5:7 NKJV)

    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2Corinthians 5:17 NKJV)

    ¶ In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. (Hebrews 8:13 NKJV)

    ¶ Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. (1John 2:7 NKJV)

    • Vine - kainos and neos

      • kainos (καινός, 2537) denotes “new,” of that which is unaccustomed or unused, not “new” in time, recent, but “new” as to form or [Vol. 2, p. 431] quality, of different nature from what is contrasted as old.

        1. kainos (καινός, 2537) denotes “new,” of that which is unaccustomed or unused, not “new” in time, recent, but “new” as to form or [Vol. 2, p. 431] quality, of different nature from what is contrasted as old. “ ‘The new tongues,’ kainos, of Mark 16:17 are the ‘other tongues,’ heteros, of Acts 2:4. These languages, however, were ‘new’ and ‘different,’ not in the sense that they had never been heard before, or that they were new to the hearers, for it is plain from v. 8 that this is not the case; they were new languages to the speakers, different from those in which they were accustomed to speak. “The new things that the Gospel brings for present obedience and realization are: a new covenant, Matt. 26:28 in some texts; a new commandment, John 13:34; a new creative act, Gal. 6:15; a new creation, 2 Cor. 5:17; a new man, i.e., a new character of manhood, spiritual and moral, after the pattern of Christ, Eph. 4:24; a new man, i.e., ‘the Church which is His (Christ’s) body,’ Eph. 2:15. “The new things that are to be received and enjoyed hereafter are: a new name, the believer’s, Rev. 2:17; a new name, the Lord’s, Rev. 3:12; a new song, Rev. 5:9; a new Heaven and a new Earth, Rev. 21:1; the new Jerusalem, Rev. 3:12; 21:2; ‘And He that sitteth on the Throne said, Behold, I make all things new,’ Rev. 21:5” Kainos is translated “fresh” in the RV of Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22 (in the best texts) and Luke 5:38, of wineskins. Cf. kainotes, “newness” (below).

      • 2. neos (νέος, 3501) signifies “new” in respect of time, that which is recent

        2. neos (νέος, 3501) signifies “new” in respect of time, that which is recent; it is used of the young, and so translated, especially the comparative degree “younger”; accordingly what is neos may be a reproduction of the old in quality or character. Neos and kainos are sometimes used of the same thing, but there is a difference, as already indicated. Thus the “new man” in Eph. 2:15 (kainos) is “new” in differing in character; so in 4:24 (see No. 1); but the “new man” in Col. 3:10 (neos) stresses the fact of the believer’s “new” experience, recently begun, and still proceeding. “The old man in him … dates as far back as Adam; a new man has been born, who therefore is fitly so called” [i.e., neos], Trench, Syn. Sec.lx. The “New” Covenant in Heb. 12:24 is “new” (neos) compared with the Mosaic, nearly fifteen hundred years before; it is “new” (kainos) compared with the Mosaic, which is old in character, ineffective, 8:8, 13; 9:15.

        The “new” wine of Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37-39, is neos, as being of recent production; the “new” wine of the kingdom, Matt. 26:29; Mark 14:25, is kainos, since it will be of a different character from that of this world. The rendering “new” (neos) is elsewhere used metaphorically in 1 Cor. 5:7, “a new lump.” See YOUNG, YOUNGER.

    • Trench

      § lx. νέος, καινός.

Intro

Hello Mike, and thank you... Thank you for joining us in another episode of our current ‘Broken Bread’ series.

• You can find these studies in all kinds of places;

  1. Biblebase Podcasts,

  2. at Biblebase.com,

  3. in our Facebook group - FoBB,

  4. as text version complete with some beautiful illustrations and occasional maps and time-charts in our 'biblebase blog' post,

  5. and especially at newliferadio.co.uk with Mike Coles...

This series is entitled “the Better Covenant - revisited” and that’s a reference to a book I wrote more that 10 years ago now, called “the Better Covenant.

• The book title is a quotation from two passages in the epistle to the Hebrews...

  by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. (Hebrews 7:22 NKJV)

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  Jesus is the guarantee/guarantor of a ‘Better Covenant’.

  But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. (Hebrews 8:6 NKJV)

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  Jesus is the Mediator of a Better Covenant

  There are many covenants in the Bible but when its makes a comparison between just two covenants it has in mind...

  1. the Covenant that came into existence at Sinai with Moses as its Mediator, and...

  2. the Covenant that came into existence at Calvary with Jesus as its Mediator.

  the word ‘better’ implies a comparison or a contrast. If I say that ‘a’ is better than ‘b’ I am asking you to make a comparison or a contrast and it implies that you have some knowledge of ‘a’ and of ‘b’. The letter to the Hebrews tells us that ‘b’ is better than ‘a’ and explains why that is so.

  We’ve been giving some attention to the Old/Inferior Covenant to prepare us be ready to examine the New/Better Covenant.

  Back in Study 37, “as in Adam”

  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. (1Corinthians 15:22 NKJV)

  and, last time, in Study 38, a sobering study, entitled “there is no hope”

  If you have not heard these two studies you might find it better to go back at least to Study 37.

Study 39 - ...so in Christ

So... following on from the last two sessions what have we discovered?