the washing . . . Ghost. Figure of speech Hendiadye. App-8. Two things mentioned but only one thing meant. A reference here to the gifts abundantly bestowed on us" before the truth was announced regarding the believer's completeness in Christ, apart from ordinces.
washing. Greek. loutron. Only here and Eph_5:26. The word means, primarily, a vessel for bathing.
regeneration. Genitive of Apposition. App-17. Greek. palingenesia. The reference is to the new man. Only here and Mat_19:28.
renewing. Greek. anakainosis. Only here and Rom_12:2. The verb in Col_3:10.