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Romans 12:2 KJV
Romans · chapter 12 · verse 2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.Romans 12:2 · King James Version
What Romans 12:2 means
Conformed is pressure from the outside. Transformed is change that starts inside and works out. Paul says it happens by the renewing of your mind, which is slower than a decision and lasts longer. You come to know God's will by becoming the kind of person who can recognize it.
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Romans 12:2 in context
1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:14
- Ephesians 4:22-24
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- Colossians 3:10
- 1 John 2:15-17
- Ephesians 5:17
- Ezekiel 36:26
- 1 Peter 4:2
Key words (Strong's)
- transformedmetamorphoōto change into another form, to transform, to transfigure, Christ appearance was changed…G3339 →
- acceptableeuarestoswell pleasing, acceptableG2101 →
- conformedsyschēmatizōto conform one's self to another's patternG4964 →
- renewinganakainōsisa renewal, renovation, complete change for the betterG342 →
- perfectteleiosbrought to its end, finished, wanting nothing necessary to completeness, perfect, that…G5046 →
- worldaiōnfor ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity, the worlds, universe, period of…G165 →
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We may observe here, according to the scheme mentioned in the contents, the apostle's exhortations, I. Concerning our duty to God, We see what is godliness. 1. It is to surrender ourselves to God, and so to lay a good foundation. We must first give our own selves unto the Lord, Co2 8:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-21