English Standard Version
Romans 12:2
2Do 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Context of Romans 12:2
1I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 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. 3For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- beσυσχηματίζωsuschēmatizō · to conform toG4964
- notμήmē · notG3361
- toαἰώνaiōn · an age: ageG165
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- be ye transformedμεταμορφόωmetamorphoō · to transformG3339
- by the renewingἀνακαίνωσιςanakainōsis · renewalG342
- ofνοῦςnous · mindG3563
- yourσύsu · youG4771
- thatεἰςeis · towardG1519
- may proveδοκιμάζωdokimazō · to testG1381
- whatτίςtis · which?G5101
- thatθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
- goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- acceptableεὐάρεστοςeuarestos · well-pleasingG2101
- perfectτέλειοςteleios · perfectG5046
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Romans 12:2
- Exodus 23:2You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
- Leviticus 18:29For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.
- Deuteronomy 18:9"When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
- John 14:30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
- John 15:19If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- John 17:14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
- 2 Corinthians 4:4In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing 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 has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
- Galatians 1:4who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
- Ephesians 4:17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
- James 1:27Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
- James 4:4You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not be conformed 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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