Berean Standard Bible
Romans 12:2
2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)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 perfect will.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Context of Romans 12:2
1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. 3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you. 4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
Read all of Romans 12Romans 12:2 word by word
καὶ μὴ συσχηματίζεσθε τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, ἀλλὰ μεταμορφοῦσθε τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοὸς εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον καὶ τέλειον.Read the interlinear
- ·καίkai · andG2532
- Do not be conformedμήmē · notG3361
- Do not be conformedσυσχηματίζωsuschēmatizō · to conform toG4964
- to thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- worldαἰώνaiōn · an age: ageG165
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- be transformedμεταμορφόωmetamorphoō · to transformG3339
- renewingἀνακαίνωσιςanakainōsis · renewalG342
- mindνοῦςnous · mindG3563
- Thenεἰςeis · towardG1519
- youσύsu · youG4771
- will be able to test and approveδοκιμάζωdokimazō · to testG1381
- whatτίςtis · which?G5101
- goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- pleasingεὐάρεστοςeuarestos · well-pleasingG2101
- perfectτέλειοςteleios · perfectG5046
- willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Romans 12:2
- Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
- Leviticus 18:29Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
- Deuteronomy 18:9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- John 14:30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- John 15:19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- Galatians 1:4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
Commentaries on Romans 12:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And be not conformed to this world - By this world, ͅ, may be understood that present state of things both among the Jews and Gentiles; the customs and fashions of the people who then lived, the Gentiles particularly, who had neither the power nor the form of godliness; though some think that the Jewish economy, frequently termed הזה עולם olam hazzeh, this world, this peculiar state of things, is alone intended. And the apostle warns them against reviving…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And be not conformed - The word rendered “conformed” properly means to put on the form, fashion, or appearance of another. It may refer to anything pertaining to the habit, manner, dress, style of living, etc., of others. Of this world - ͂ͅ ̓͂ ́ͅ tō aiōni toutōThe word which is commonly rendered “world,” when applied to the material universe, is ́ kosmos“cosmos.” The word used here properly denotes an age, or generation of people. It may denote a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2this world (literally this age): Many Jewish people understood history as divided into two ages. One age is the present age, marked by sin and death. The other age is the age of salvation, when God puts things right. Early Christians adopted this way of thinking. They understood the coming of Christ as the beginning of the new age of salvation. However, the new age did not replace the old age right away. The old way of thinking and living continues. It…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And be ye not conformed to this world--Compare Ep 2:2; Ga 1:4, Greek. but be ye transformed--or, "transfigured" (as in Mt 17:2; and 2Co 3:18, Greek). by the renewing of your mind--not by a mere outward disconformity to the ungodly world, many of whose actions in themselves may be virtuous and praiseworthy; but by such an inward spiritual transformation as makes the whole life new--new in its motives and ends, even where the actions differ in nothing…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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