diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26ba841..54f8896 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ $app->get('/hi/{name}', function ($request, $response, $args) {
 // Run app
 $app->run();
 ```
+## Two ways to use the render() method
+
+The first:
+```php
+$view->render($response, 'example.html', ['name' => 'Josh'])
+````
+The second requires you to set any implementation of the PSR-17 response factory otherwise an exception will be thrown:
+```php
+$view->setResponseFactory($someResponseFactory);
+
+$view->render('example.html', ['name' => 'Josh'])
+```
 
 ## Custom template functions
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 77d1c7c..dce5a59 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
         "psr/http-message": "^1.0",
+        "psr/http-factory": "^1.0",
         "slim/slim": "^4.9",
-        "twig/twig": "^3.3"
+        "twig/twig": "^3.3",
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3.8",
         "phpspec/prophecy-phpunit": "^2.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^0.12.99",
-        "psr/http-factory": "^1.0",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.6"
     },
     "autoload": {
diff --git a/src/Twig.php b/src/Twig.php
index 43af32d..592b291 100644
--- a/src/Twig.php
+++ b/src/Twig.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 use ArrayAccess;
 use ArrayIterator;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
 use RuntimeException;
@@ -55,6 +57,13 @@ class Twig implements ArrayAccess
      */
     protected $defaultVariables = [];
 
+    /**
+     * PSR-17 response factory
+     *
+     * @var ResponseFactoryInterface
+     */
+    protected $responseFactory;
+
     /**
      * @param ServerRequestInterface $request
      * @param string                 $attributeName
@@ -129,6 +138,14 @@ public function addRuntimeLoader(RuntimeLoaderInterface $runtimeLoader): void
         $this->environment->addRuntimeLoader($runtimeLoader);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory
+     */
+    public function setResponseFactory(ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory): void
+    {
+        $this->responseFactory = $responseFactory;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Fetch rendered template
      *
@@ -189,9 +206,9 @@ public function fetchFromString(string $string = '', array $data = []): string
     /**
      * Output rendered template
      *
-     * @param  ResponseInterface    $response
-     * @param  string               $template Template pathname relative to templates directory
-     * @param  array<string, mixed> $data Associative array of template variables
+     * @param  ResponseInterface|string    $responseOrTemplate Response or template pathname relative to templates dir.
+     * @param  string|array<string, mixed> $templateOrData     Template pathname or template variables
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>        $data               Associative array of template variables
      *
      * @throws LoaderError  When the template cannot be found
      * @throws SyntaxError  When an error occurred during compilation
@@ -199,11 +216,27 @@ public function fetchFromString(string $string = '', array $data = []): string
      *
      * @return ResponseInterface
      */
-    public function render(ResponseInterface $response, string $template, array $data = []): ResponseInterface
+    public function render($responseOrTemplate, $templateOrData = [], array $data = []): ResponseInterface
     {
-        $response->getBody()->write($this->fetch($template, $data));
+        if ($responseOrTemplate instanceof ResponseInterface && is_string($templateOrData)) {
+            $responseOrTemplate->getBody()->write($this->fetch($templateOrData, $data));
 
-        return $response;
+            return $responseOrTemplate;
+        } elseif (is_string($responseOrTemplate) && is_array($templateOrData)) {
+            if (!isset($this->responseFactory)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException('Response factory is not defined');
+            }
+
+            $response = $this->responseFactory->createResponse();
+            $response->getBody()->write($this->fetch($responseOrTemplate, $templateOrData));
+
+            return $response;
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Invalid arguments were passed to the %s method',
+                __METHOD__
+            ));
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/TwigTest.php b/tests/TwigTest.php
index 0356abc..a58c270 100644
--- a/tests/TwigTest.php
+++ b/tests/TwigTest.php
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
 use RuntimeException;
 use Slim\Views\Twig;
-use Slim\Views\TwigContext;
 use Twig\Extension\ExtensionInterface;
 use Twig\Extension\RuntimeExtensionInterface;
 use Twig\Loader\ArrayLoader;
-use Twig\Loader\FilesystemLoader;
 use Twig\Loader\LoaderInterface;
 use Twig\RuntimeLoader\RuntimeLoaderInterface;
 
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ public function testAddRuntimeLoader()
 
         // Mock a runtime loader.
         $runtimeLoader = $this->getMockBuilder(RuntimeLoaderInterface::class)
-            ->setMethods(['load'])
+            ->onlyMethods(['load'])
             ->getMock();
 
         // The method `load` should be called once and should return the mocked runtime extension.
@@ -267,11 +265,15 @@ public function testMultipleDirectoriesWithoutNamespaces()
         $this->assertEquals("<p>Hi, my name is Peter and I am male.</p>\n", $multiDirectory);
     }
 
-    public function testRender()
+    /**
+     * The auxiliary method for the testRender...() methods
+     */
+    private function getViewAndMocksForRender(): array
     {
         $loader = new ArrayLoader([
             'example.html' => "<p>Hi, my name is {{ name }}.</p>\n"
         ]);
+
         $view = new Twig($loader);
 
         $mockBody = $this->getMockBuilder('Psr\Http\Message\StreamInterface')
@@ -291,12 +293,59 @@ public function testRender()
             ->method('getBody')
             ->willReturn($mockBody);
 
-        $response = $view->render($mockResponse, 'example.html', [
-            'name' => 'Josh'
-        ]);
+        $mockResponseFactory = $this->getMockBuilder('Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        return [$view, $mockResponse, $mockResponseFactory];
+    }
+
+    public function testRenderWithoutResponseFactory()
+    {
+        [$view, $mockResponse] = $this->getViewAndMocksForRender();
+
+        $response = $view->render($mockResponse, 'example.html', ['name' => 'Josh']);
         $this->assertInstanceOf(ResponseInterface::class, $response);
     }
 
+    public function testRenderWithResponseFactory()
+    {
+        [$view, $mockResponse, $mockResponseFactory] = $this->getViewAndMocksForRender();
+
+        $mockResponseFactory->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('createResponse')
+            ->willReturn($mockResponse);
+
+        $view->setResponseFactory($mockResponseFactory);
+
+        $response = $view->render('example.html', ['name' => 'Josh']);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ResponseInterface::class, $response);
+    }
+
+    public function testInvalidArgumentInRender()
+    {
+        $loader = new ArrayLoader([
+            'example.html' => "<p>Hi, my name is {{ name }}.</p>\n"
+        ]);
+        $view = new Twig($loader);
+
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Invalid arguments were passed to the Slim\Views\Twig::render method');
+
+        $view->render('example.html', 'example.html');
+    }
+
+    public function testNotDefinedResponseFactoryInRender()
+    {
+        $loader = new ArrayLoader([
+            'example.html' => "<p>Hi, my name is {{ name }}.</p>\n"
+        ]);
+        $view = new Twig($loader);
+
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Response factory is not defined');
+
+        $view->render('example.html', ['name' => 'Josh']);
+    }
+
     public function testGetLoader()
     {
         $loader = $this->createMock(LoaderInterface::class);