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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Transform

trans-form' (Romans 12:2; the Revised Version (British and American) 2 Corinthians 3:18 for metamorphoomai, and the King James Version 2 Corinthians 11:13,14,15 for metaschematizo, the Revised Version (British and American) "fashion"):

The commentaries often explain the former word as connoting a change of nature, while the latter refers only to the appearance, but this distinction is probably fanciful.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.