3339. metamorphoó

to transform

change after being with" and 3445 /morphóō, "changing form in keeping with inner reality") – properly, transformed after being with; transfigured.

Like metamorphosis

Matt 17:2 (Mark 9:2)

2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light

Rom 12

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.  2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

2 Cor 3:6,18

6who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Homework:

  • Look up the Greek work 2716. Katergazomai.
  • What word is English translated in Romans 15:18 for Katergazomai?
  • In v 18 who did the work?