George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Romans 12:16
Condescending to the humble, in the spirit of charity and sweetness. See Luke ii. 48. (Witham)
Condescending to the humble, in the spirit of charity and sweetness. See Luke ii. 48. (Witham)
Verse Romans 12:16. BE _OF THE SAME MIND_] Live in a state of continual harmony and concord, and pray for the same good for all which you desire for yourselves. _MIND NOT HIGH THINGS_] Be not ambiti...
BE OF THE SAME MIND ... - This passage has been variously interpreted. “Enter into each other’s circumstances, in order to see how you would yourself feel.” Chrysostom. “Be agreed in your opinions and...
III. EXHORTATIONS AND THE CONCLUSION. Chapter s 12-16. CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Body as a Willing Sacrifice. (Romans 12:1 .)_ 2. Service. (Romans 12:3 .) 3. The Daily Walk in Holiness. (Romans 12:9 .)...
IN THE CHRISTIAN TEMPER, _modesty_ is the first desideratum. Romans 12:3. I tell everyone that is among you not _to_ be high-minded above a right mind, but to be of a mind to be sober-minded (Sp.). Th...
THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
Bless those who persecute you; bless them and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Keep your thoughts from pride; and neve...
BE... MIND. i.e. Be in brotherly sympathy with. MIND. Greek. _phroneo._ See Romans 8:5. TOWARD. App-104. HIGH THINGS. Compare Romans 12:3. CONDESCEND. literally be carried away with. Greek. _sunapa...
_Be of the same mind_ Cp. Romans 15:5; 1 Peter 3:8. Lit. THINKING THE SAME THING TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER; "actuated by a common and well-understood feeling of mutual allowance and kindness." (Alford.) _Mi...
ΤῸ ΑΥ̓ΤῸ …, maintain that mutual agreement with each other which is the basis of peace; cf. Romans 15:5; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 2:2;...
10–21. Note the remarkable coordination of participles, adjectives, infinitives (15), and imperatives. All should be translated by the imperative; cf. Moulton, pp. 180 f., 222; cf. 1 Peter 2:18; 1 Pet...
F. 12–15:13. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL SEEN IN ITS EFFECT UPON BOTH THE COMMON AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE OF CHRISTIANS. In this section S. Paul deals with the consequences of the principles he has worked...
ΦΡΟΝΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ФРОΝΈΩ (G5426) думать, ΎΨΗΛΌΣ (G5308) высокий, возвышенный, ΤΑΠΕΙΝΌΣ (G5011) низкий, униженный (ВВС), ΣΥΝΑΠΑΓΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. part. от_ ΣΥΝΑΠΆΓΩ (G4879) вести...
BE OF THE SAME MIND, &C.— _Be entirely united in your regards for each other._ Doddridge. Whitby paraphrases it, "Desire the same things for others, that you do for yourselves, and would have them des...
_TEXT_ Romans 12:3-16. For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly,...
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. BE OF THE SAME MIND ONE TOWARD ANOTHER - literally, 'Being of th...
__ The Conduct of the Saints 14 The conduct of the saints in any given economy is based on God's dispensation. If He dispenses law, He requires conduct in accord with law. Mercy calls for a higher s...
12:16 lowly. (d-17) Or 'with what is lowly.'...
PARAPHRASE. '(1) God's redeeming love should be answered by the true sacrifice and spiritual ritual service of a life of purity and self-denial and work for God. (2) Do not follow the fashions and cus...
MEN OF LOW ESTATE] RV 'things that are lowly.'...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 TRUE *WORSHIP 12:1-2 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, God has shown you his kindness. Therefore I am appealing to you. Of...
11. Christians should live in agreement with each other. This does not mean that they must always have the same opinions. But they should work together with the same purpose. They all should serve *Ch...
BE OF THE SAME MIND... — In every Christian community there should be that harmony which proceeds from a common object, common hopes, common desires. CONDESCEND TO MEN OF LOW ESTATE. — Probably, on th...
(9-21) Now follow to the end of the chapter a number of general exhortations, not addressed to particular persons or classes, but to the Church at large....
CHAPTER 26 CHRISTIAN DUTY: DETAILS OF PERSONAL CONDUCT Romans 12:8 ST. PAUL has set before us the life of surrender, of the "giving over" of faculty to God, in one great preliminary aspect. The fair...
As far as any single idea pervades the rest of the chapter it is that of the first words in Romans 12:9 : ἡ ἀγάπη ἀνυπόκριτος. The passage as a whole has a strong affinity to 1 Corinthians 13, and alo...
τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες : here the Apostle returns to his own grammar (or disregard of grammar), and holds to it till Romans 12:19, when he changes to the imperative (μὴ δότε) with which he co...
LIVING AS A CHRISTIAN Romans 12:9 In this section the Apostle shows how the great principle of consecration must affect the details of conduct. It is most necessary to insist on these practical issue...
The word "therefore" links all that is now to be said with everything that has gone before. Because of the grace of God, the believer is called to certain attitudes and actions. The very first of thes...
[Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of (u) low estate. Be not (x) wise in your own conceits. (u) There is nothing that disrupts harmony as much as se...
The χαρίσματα, _gifts_, are different, as we have just seen. But there is a gift which is at the root of all the rest, and which ought to be common to all believers, that of all those who have no othe...
TWENTY-FIFTH PASSAGE (12:3-21). THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER AS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. The notion of consecration is still the prevailing one in this passage. This consecration is realized in life: 1st,...
“ _Rejoice with them that do rejoice_, _weep with them that weep: aspiring after the same aim for one another; not minding high things, but associating with men of low estate. Be not wise in your own...
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; (7) Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he t...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_A MUCH-NEEDED PRECEPT_ ‘Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly.’ Romans 12:16 (R.V.) I. HERE, IN THE TEXT, IS ONE OF THOSE PRECEPTS WHICH, RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD, IS...
16._Not thinking arrogantly of yourselves, _(395) _etc. _The Apostle employs words in Greek more significant, and more suitable to the antithesis, “Not thinking,” he says, “of high things:” by which h...
The apostle resumes the thread of his instructions, by taking up as he does in all his epistles the moral consequences of his doctrine. He places the believer at the outset on the ground of God's merc...
BE OF THE SAME MIND ONE TOWARDS ANOTHER,.... Which is not to be understood of the sameness of their judgment, or of their agreement in sentiments, espousing the same doctrines, observing the same ordi...
_Be_ of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Ver. 16. _Be of the same_] This verse had been easy had not inte...
_Rejoicing in hope_ Of perfect holiness and everlasting happiness; or _of the glory of God;_ (Romans 5:2;) and _of eternal life, Titus 1:2_; _patient in tribulation_ To which you may be exposed for th...
THE SAME MIND; be united, live in peace. MIND NOT; do not aspire to, or seek after wealth, honor, or powerful earthly connections. CONDESCEND; sympathize and associate with the poor, humble, afflict...
The Christian's conduct in his personal relations:...
BE OF THE SAME MIND ONE TOWARD ANOTHER. MIND NOT HIGH THINGS, BUT CONDESCEND TO MEN OF LOW ESTATE. BE NOT WISE IN YOUR OWN CONCEITS. The apostle now speaks in general of the Christian's relation to hi...
PRACTICAL RESPONSE IN BELIEVERS Now Paul has completed his treatment of the subject of God's counsel in reference to salvation - counsel accomplished by a hand of mercy. What then is to be the proper...
Be of the same mind A. We have not changed subjects B. Started in verse 2 "renewed mind" C. Verse 3 - "How we ought to think" D. All the commands in vs. 9-15 = SAME MIND Condescend - to move down...
CONDESCEND TO MEN OF LOW ESTATE: Or, be contented with mean things...
__ Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits. 'same mind' -(Romans 15:5) 'Have e...
9-16 The professed love of Christians to each other should be sincere, free from deceit, and unmeaning and deceitful compliments. Depending on Divine grace, they must detest and dread all evil, and l...
BE OF THE SAME MIND ONE TOWARD ANOTHER: this exhortation respects not so much unity in judgment, as in affection: q.d. Bear the same good respect to others, as others bear to thee; let there be a mutu...
Be of the same mind one toward another. [A general repetition of the special command just given. Enter into the mind or feeling of your brother, whether in joy or sorrow. In the mental and sentimental...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V As also the apostle taught, saying, "Minding not high things, but consenting to things of low estate; "[196] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V ) But what better tea...
Romans 12:16 same G846 mind G5426 (G5723) another G1519 G240 not G3361 mind G5426 (G5723) things...
A CALL TO MAKE REAL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED (12:1-15:33). This section moves from the indicative to the imperative. Having outlined the ways of God i...
‘Be of the same mind one towards another. Do not set your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Do not be wise-minded in your own conceits.' These three injunctions place great...
COMMANDS TO LOVE ALL (12:14-18). Having looked at the needs of believers, Paul now turns his attention to the need for those who have experienced the mercies of God to demonstrate love towards all men...
A CALL TO FULFIL THE LAW OF CHRIST AND OF THE SCRIPTURES. THE WORKING OUT OF LOVE (12:9-21). Having dealt with what was necessary for the edifying and upbuilding of the body of Christ, Paul now turns...
2. _Exhortation for all Christians_, _in their Personal Relations_, _from Love of the Brethren to returning Good for Evil._ All the precepts of this section are based upon Christian love (Romans 12:9)...
Romans 12:16. BE OF THE SAME MIND, etc. The participial form recurs, but the force is still imperative. This precept refers to concord in feeling, though not to the exclusion of corresponding thought...
BE OF THE SAME MIND (το αυτο φρονουντες). Absolute or independent use of the participle again as with all the participles through verse Romans 12:18, "thinking the same thing."SET NOT YOUR MIND ON...
Romans 12:16 Our Duty to Equals. I. While the compassionate view of man, as compared with the ordinary view of him in his health and strength as a flourishing member of this world, is characterised b...
Romans 12:15 Sympathy and Condescension. I. The first part of the text is a call to sympathy. But notice what St. Paul meant by sympathy, how he describes it. (1) It is an old remark that it is more...
CONTENTS: Christian life and service. Consecration to Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: Since we have been justified through grace, by faith in Christ, it is our first duty to surren...
Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God._ Under the form of entreaty he now tenderly exhorts them, in return for all the glory of redeeming love, to present their bodies...
HAVE THE SAME CONCERN FOR ALL ALIKE. Treat your fellow Christian as you would want him to treat you. Compare James 2:1-4. DO NOT BE PROUD. "Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty." Jesus made himself...
_Be of the same mind one towards another._ UNITY I. What it implies. 1. One spirit. 2. One aim. 3. One way. II. How to secure it. 1. Suppress ambition. 2. Be condescending to inferiors. 3. Be...
WISE OR OTHERWISE Be not wise in your own conceits Romans 12:16. The other day I visited a farmyard. Near the barn a mother hen was clucking softly to a fine brood of chickens as she taught them to...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 12:12. PATIENT IN TRIBULATION.—θλίψις, a pressing together, pressure, from θλίβω, to press. So in Mark 3:9, “lest they should throng Him.” Romans 12:13.—Partaking of your good...
EXPOSITION VER. 1–CH. 14:23 III. HORTATORY. It is St. Paul's way to supplement his doctrinal treatises with detailed practical directions as to the conduct that should of necessity ensue on belief in...
I beseech you therefore, brethren (Romans 12:1), Because God has grafted you in, because you are partaking of the fullness of that good tree. I beseech thee, because of these things, that ye present...
1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Corinthians 6:5;...
Condescend to men of low estate [τ ο ι ς τ α π ε ι ν ο ι ς σ υ ν α π α γ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. Rev., to things that are lowly. Toiv tapeinoiv to the lowly may mean either lowly men or lowly things. The verb l...
Mind not high things — Desire not riches, honour, or the company of the great....
These words, BE YE OF THE SAME MIND ONE TOWARDS ANOTHER, are an exhortation to unity among Christians. This is threefold; an unity of the head, or an unity of judgment and opinion; an unity of the hea...