Romans 12:2 · 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.”
— Romans 12:2
I 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.
For 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. {soberly: Gr. to sobriety}
Romans 12 — Context
I 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. {soberly: Gr. to sobriety}
4For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Cross References
1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Ephesians 4:22-24
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man {be} in Christ, {he is} a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {he is: or, let him be}
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new {man}, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
1 John 2:15-17
Love not the world, neither the things {that are} in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Ephesians 5:17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord {is}.
Ezekiel 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
1 Peter 4:2
That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.