Romans 12:2 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 12:227 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Romans 12:2
“And be not fashioned after this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” For the fashion of this world is grovelling and worthless, and but for a time, neither has ought of loftiness, or lastingness, or straightforwardness, but is wholly perverted. If then you would walk upright (or aright ὀ ρθὰ), figure not yourself after the fashion of this life present. For in it there is nought abiding or stable. And this is why he calls it a fashion (σχἥμα); and so in…
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Markus BauerNote4mo agoDo not conform
The word "transformed" here is metamorphosis - the same word used for what happens to a caterpillar. It is not self-improvement. It is a fundamental change in form. And it happens through the renewal ...
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Aisha MbekiNote3mo agoTransformation Through Renewed Mind
Paul implores: 'Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfec...
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