5 he saved us, ^enot because of works done by us in righteousness, but ^faccording to his own mercy, by ^gthe washing of regeneration and ^hrenewal of the Holy Spirit,

16 So we do not lose heart. ^fThough our outer self¹ is wasting away, ^gour inner self ^his being renewed day by day.

23 and ^rto be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

10 and ^whave put on ^xthe new self, ^ywhich is being renewed in knowledge ^zafter the image of ^aits creator.