The world has a mold that it uses to shape people (compare Ephesians 2:1-2). "prove"-1381. dokimazo {dok-im-ad"-zo}; from 1384; to test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve: -allow, discern, examine, X like, (ap-)prove, try. If not, then you cannot possibly understand our objection; for we object to these things as injurious to that which you tell us you have not got, namely--life in the soul. And what the Apostle is thinking about here is, as I take it, principally how the body of Christian truth, if it effects a lodgment in, not merely the brain of a man, but his whole nature, will modify and alter it all. The former phrase thus naturally came to designate those who were without, and the latter those who were within the kingdom of Christ; they are equivalent to the expressions the world and the church; the mass of mankind and the people of God; compare 1 Corinthians 2:8; Ephesians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Luke 20:35; Hebrews 2:5; Hebrews 6:5. But the world and the fashions of it are passing fast away; a few short years, and we shall all be where the applause or censure of men shall be alike indifferent to us--upon our dying beds. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. St Paul writeth to his Corinthians, not to company with fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or with extortioners, or idolaters, lest they should conform to them, 1 Corinthians 5:9-10. "Commentary on Romans 12:2". Many may think that they are not conformed to the world, while they can easily perceive that their neighbor is. "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". The power of our modern civilisation is the power of that which is visible and tangible. How many are there who, because they are not raging in the fever-fits of open sin, never dream that they are dying of worldly conformity, and who consider, though the Bible and their consciences sometimes speak to the contrary, that there can be no great harm in living to the world a little, provided that they keep within bounds! New York. He urged them to be transformed and to “quit being fashioned after this system of things. "Commentary on Romans 12:2". And though we commit no flagrant evil, we are assured, that while we are walking according to the course of this world, we walk after the will of Satan and not of God [Note: Ephesians 2:2.]. closely Ephesians 4:22-24. μὴ συνσχηματίζεσ̇θε, ‘cease to adapt yourselves to’ (see Moulton, p. 122 f.), as you have done in the past; cf. The fact that the world cannot be defined as to locality is an advantage, not a disadvantage: for it calls forth from us a constant spirit of inquiry and watchfulness before we enter upon our pursuits, form our connections, or enter into society. God wants and deserves to be our pilot, not our co-pilot. τ. ἀνακ. For He is to “change your vile bodies,” etc. The foundation for Christian living. That which has all its parts complete, or which is not disproportionate. And be not conformed.—Be not configured to this world, but rather as Christ was transfigured on the mount. Christianity seeks to reign in the soul; and having its seat there, the external conduct and habits will be regulated accordingly. It is the reign or kingdom of the carnal mind, which is enmity against God. 1. κ. εὐάρ. But you have got to be cured before you can do what you need to do in order to be cured.’ Only one knife can cut the knot. ], and not only to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but faithfully to reprove them [Note: Ephesians 5:11.]. And the transformation is to be into His likeness who is the pattern of all perfection. Even thus the world hangs like a deadly atmosphere over every single human soul, brooding over it, flapping its wings like the monstrous evil bird in the fable, or penetrating and entering into it like a subtle poison, to sap the springs and sources of its vigour and its life. "Mark Dunagan Commentaries on the Bible". Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly (Colossians 3:16), etc.SIZE>. . It keeps you down on the Lord’s bottom at the feet of Jesus, whence you never can fall unless you imbibe some pride from Satan and go climbing. Philippians 2:6; Philippians 2:8; Philippians 3:21. It is the ego, the "I," the essence of the person itself that must do this; and, therefore, specific attention to that should be given. It is acceptable; i.e. It is through your believing and appropriating His transformation, that you are yourselves transformed. He mitigates pain and conquers disease by conforming to the laws of health. Hilda Bright and Keith Simons. [Note: Hiebert, "Presentation and . A heart in love with the fashions and follies of the world is ill-suited to appreciate the arguments for humility, prayer, etc. . that ye may prove — that is, experimentally. He sought to show that we are not to be absorbed in this world's engagements to the forgetfulness of nobler thoughts. our favorite color who we will marry. If He appear in the horizon, it is only as a fleeting vision, a passing phantom. Michael Angelo, in his mystical way, used to say that sculpture effected its aim by the removal of parts; as if the statue lay somehow hid in the marble block. And—By the power of this complete surrendering faith. And if it is true that the principles of the Gospel exercise transforming power upon men’s lives, and that in order for these principles to effect their natural results there must be honest dealing with them, on our parts, take this as the practical outcome of all this first part of my sermon-let us all see to it that we keep ourselves in touch with the truths which we say we believe; and that we thorough-goingly apply these truths in all their searching, revealing, quickening, curbing power, to every action of our daily lives. He is too much a slave of the things he sees to reflect upon them or look into the meaning of them; too much devoted to all outward shows and enjoyments to have an apprehension of their secret loveliness and harmony. The following, then, is the rsum of the apostle"s thought: To the false model, presented in every age by the mundane kind of life, there is opposed a perfect type, that of the will of God, which is discerned by the renewed mind of the believer, and which he strives to realize by means of his God-consecrated body, at every moment and in all the relations of his life; thus is laid down the principle of life in salvation. The world ... is not a reference to the physical geography of the planet, but is spoken of the natural habits, desires, and value judgments of the natural man, the natural man being man apart from the loving guidance of his Maker. He knew his life of sin and rebellion against God left him empty and feeling dead; but he just couldn’t find the strength to make a final, real decision for Jesus Christ. Others thus, that you may prove what the will of God is, and what is good, acceptable, and perfect. Applied to religion, it means what is consistent, which is carried out; which is evinced in all the circumstances and reactions of life.Acceptable - That which will be pleasing to God. ]: and, if we have attained that object, instead of congratulating ourselves upon our success, we have reason to tremble on account of the woe denounced against us [Note: Luke 6:26.]. Dedication to God is a response to the mercy of God that we receive in salvation. kosmos“cosmos.” The word used here properly denotes an age, or generation of people. The same exhortation is as applicable to men in every age, even since so large a portion of the world has assumed the name of Christian, as it was to the pagan Roman empire. Many draw for themselves a line within which they keep; but unfortunately each person draws it differently. It is not the much that you say you believe that shapes your character; it is the little that you habitually realise. So we have here another comprehensive view of what the Christian life ought to be, and that not only grasped, as it were, in its very centre and essence, but traced out in two directions-as to that which must precede it within, and as to that which follows it as consequence. BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on Romans 12:2". Greek. There is not one principle in the human heart, or one action of our lives, which is not depraved by sin. τ. θεοῦ): that which is good and well-pleasing (to God) and perfect. And not to be. The word rendered to prove, signifies also to approve; the sense of this passage, therefore, may be either, ‘that ye may try or prove what is acceptable to God,' i.e. These verses are a call for an act of presentation and the resultant duty of transformation. Examine whether you be transformed or no. Proceeding upon this assumption, let us examine the forms and achievements of our modern civilisation. 2. There are people who are so dependent upon the good opinion of others, that to gain it they will forfeit their own respect by doing things which otherwise they would have left undone. Romans 12 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, ... Romans 12:2, and also an exhortation to a different course of life, in seeking to please God; which is proposed upon a principle of grace in them, being renewed in the Spirit of their mind; and … "Commentary on Romans 12:2". Acceptable (euarestos) is explained in the commentary for Romans 12:1. The word fashioned (suschematizo), used only here and 1 Peter 1:14, is related to the English word mold. The word transformed means that Christians must seek to dramatically change their lives so they can glorify God and show the world what He is like. And what is he to do? And be not conformed to this world - By this world, αιωνι τουτῳ, 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. yet such is the indulgence of the gospel, as to call him an holy person, a person transformed by the renewing of his mind. Applied to religion, it means what is consistent, which is carried out; which is evinced in all the circumstances and reactions of life.Acceptable - That which will be pleasing to God. But here it seems to be used as applicable to the whole spirit as distinguished from the body, including the understanding, will, and affections. The meaning is, do not cherish a spirit. Romans 12:2. We have to keep our two hands round it, for fear it should be blown out by the rough gusts of passion and of circumstance. Lenski says that the word "conform", here means, "outward conformation" (p. 749). For as the creatures living in the several elements are commonly of the temperature of the element they live in (as the fishes, cold and moist like the water; the worms, cold and dry as the earth, &c.), so are we apt to conform to the company we converse with. 1. : And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Present passive imperative with μη — mē stop being fashioned or do not have the habit of being fashioned. Only one who has been united to Christ can know this (1 Corinthians 2:14), but it is a learning process as well (Romans 2:18). We have a choice to not conform to this world. Magee. Much of our modern civilisation is a process of conformation. (Bp. And so, says Paul, the beginning of transformations of character is the renovation in the very centre of the being. Then the question to be decided shall be, not how far may I go in my enjoyment of the world, or where must I fix a limit to my pleasures, for the world can be enjoyed no longer, and death is fixing the last limits to its pleasures, and there remains but one act more of conformity to the world--that last act in which all flesh conforms itself to the law of dissolution; but this shall be the great question:--Am I fitted for that world which I am about to enter? It is held in slavery to the material; it is a mass of affections fixed upon the transient; a predominant self-regard characterises it and its actions. II. These men and women live as others live, think as others think, do as others do. BibliographyWesley, John. The practical portion of this Epistle is designed to help this judgment. We may infect as well as be infected. The more we get like Jesus Christ, the more certainly we get unlike the world. But as with the inward renewal so with the outward transfiguration, the life within will not work up to the surface except upon condition of our own honest endeavour. Eph., Phil. Wherever that mind prevails, there is the world. They do not err from his ways who seek his guidance, and who, not confiding in their own wisdom, but in God, commit their way to him. 2. Christ was transformed by becoming man; you are to be transformed by becoming new men in Him. The "children of light," on the contrary, "being risen with Christ," have a life of their own-the life of pardoned and reconciled believers: renewed in the spirit of their mind, they breathe a new air, they have new interests and affections, and their sympathies are all spiritual and heavenly. When first we meet with such expressions as these, "conformed to the world," "transformed by the renewing of our mind," we may suppose that St. Paul is speaking of a state of mind which is suitable to us as inhabitants of this present earth, and of some other state which may prepare us for what is to come after death. For perfection is goodness united to beauty. The last phrase is then in apposition with the others. 1* I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.a 2Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, Any man that has ever tried to cure himself of the most trivial habit which he desires to get rid of, or to alter in the slightest degree the set of some strong taste or current of his being, knows how little he can do, even by the most determined effort. It is no use talking about the inward change unless there is the outward transfiguration. Hence, it also means to explore, investigate, ascertain. μετασχηματίζω of disguise, 1 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15. By “this world” is meant everything in it which is antagonistic to the truth or to the life of God in the soul of man. Acceptable: this adjective is not accompanied here with the words to God, as in Romans 12:1; it refers, consequently, to the impression produced on men when they contemplate this will realized in the believer"s life. (Lenski p. 751), "what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God"-"what the will of God is, that which is good.." (NASV). Acceptable - That which will be pleasing to God. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dcc/romans-12.html. Thus is the Christian transformed, not in respect of his life only, but in the spirit of his mind; and therefore can declare from experience, III. A young man is beginning to acquire a taste for low pursuits and company: how will you help him to get above them? 2 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. ), There are two words for world, αἰών and κόσμος. But practical theism is rare and unworldly. The inspired writers are not satisfied with lopping off a few branches; they strike at the root of all sin; and labour to bring us back to that state of allegiance to our Maker from which we are fallen. No one discovers the line of action which from possessing these characteristics can be identified as the will of God unless he is transformed from his native affinity to the world by the renewing of his mind by the Holy Spirit. shews that the adjectives all apply to the same thing. In ours, perhaps, it is the love of money. You are therefore reduced to this alternative, either to come out of Sodom, or to perish in it; either to enter in at the strait gate, and walk in the narrow way, or to fall into that destruction that awaits you at the end of the broad and frequented path. This type of life is the fulfillment of God's will. Negatively “Be not conformed,” etc., in--, 2. “The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way,” Psalm 25:9. He is too much a slave of the things he sees to look into the meaning of them; too much shut up in the habits of the society into which he is thrown, to have any power of entering into what lies beyond. Paul puts it in words which, if I had time, would require some commenting upon. The sense is, that such a renewed mind is essential to a successful inquiry after the will of God. 1874-1909. Acceptable. In such a light, accordingly, Satan tries to put it before Him. BibliographyJamieson, Robert, D.D. It means that supreme sympathy with God, that brotherly love for the race, that absorbs the ego, that buries self, that is in truth the spirit of Christ, the spirit of self-sacrificing benevolence. The working out of the new motives, the working in of the new power, is no mere work of a moment. The apostle explains by the three epithets with which he qualifies this will; literally: the good, the acceptable, the perfect. 1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable (Greek: euareston —well-pleasing) to God, which is your spiritual (Greek: logiken —rational, genuine, true) service (Greek: latreian— service). So that likeness and adherence to the one must needs be dead in the teeth of the other. 2. We must be moulded after the same type. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cgt/romans-12.html. Conformed - transformed ( συσχηματίζεσθε - μεταμορφοῦσθε ). Copyright � Broadman Press 1932,33, Renewal 1960. II. When Satan is on the throne, the mind itself is not free, but subservient to evil, all of the highest gifts of intelligence being absolutely denied by Satan. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". 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 from those of the world - new, considered as a whole, and in such a sense as to be wholly unattainable save through the constraining power of the love of Christ. κ. τέλ. . If you ask us whether certain food will agree with you, we answer--That depends upon your constitution; we can only give you the broad rule--eat nothing that you find to disagree with you. www.easyenglish.bible. And be not conformed … - The word rendered “conformed” properly means to put on the form, fashion, or appearance of another. g.]—(128) και τέλειον, and perfect) He, who presents [his body] an oblation, living, holy, acceptable, knows the will of God as good, requiring what is living and holy, acceptable, and, with the progress of believers [in course of time, as believers make progress] perfect. (McGuiggan p. 358) "No one can transform his character while holding to the same old stock of ideas and ideals." Are they any gainers, if they indulge the same spirit of display, etc., in a quiet party, or in a religious meeting? But such changes are generally temporary, and though they should continue for life, they are of no value in the sight of God. Only "renewed minds" are those who can truly appreciate the will of God, only renewed minds see it as "good, acceptable and perfect". They will become essential verses in your heart and mind. That new life, when given, needs to be fostered and cherished. “Be not conformed to this world.” Romans 12:2. Only here and Titus 3:5. The method of Christianity is not excitement, but incitement. Some deny such a distinction in this instance, but it is well to reproduce the verbal variation in English. . https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dun/romans-12.html. It is produced by the renewing of the mind, and by that only. It is his ambition to “walk as Christ walked:” and though he knows that he can never attain the measure of his perfection, yet he strives incessantly to follow the pattern of it, that so he may be perfect even as his Father that is in heaven is perfect [Note: Matthew 5:48.]. Where the spirit, the temper, and disposition of the mind, Ephesians 4:23, are not renewed, an outward change is of but little worth, and but of short standing. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/romans-12.html. In order to seek His full blessing, and live out God’s holy will, there lie before us three things. Romans 12:3. . What is "world" to me is not "world" to another. To use it as if we used it not (1 Corinthians 7:30-31). 1599-1645. Practical theism alone is honest, virtuous, and beneficent. This world, or, ‘age;’ comp. Romans 12:2. After being put right with God, the new Christian is still by nature a part of this world (Ephesians 2:1-10). They have interests of their own, but they are laughed or frowned out of them; they have opinions of their own, but they modify and explain them away! https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsc/romans-12.html. But be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. So the Christian must not attempt to go with the current of a sinful world: if he does, it will not only hinder, but end his religious progress; but he must go against it, and then every effort of his soul will be upward, heavenward, Godward. 1. And now, lastly, note the great reward and crown of this transfigured life. Actions (1 Peter 1:15-16). Even as God said I will dwell in them (2 Corinthians 6:16). "Be not conformed to this world." But take courage, O child of God! Greek. (Canon Liddon. Mark:--, I. "Acceptable" means pleasing to God. "To test out". That change of life which the Lord will approve, is a change produced by the renovation of the mind, in the understanding, the affections, and the will. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/shh/romans-12.html. In the transformation of the worldly virtues. There is nothing in the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is meant to obliterate the lines of the strongly marked individuality which each of us receives by nature. Faith, therefore, is our self-commitment to God, and to all goodness, acceptability, and perfection. Romans 2:25-29 Mere Rituals Will Gain You No Favor in God’s Sight. What is it to be transformed? It is only a little seed that is sown in our hearts; we have to cherish and cultivate it, to water it by our prayers, and to watch over it, lest either the fowls of the air with light wings should carry it away, or the heavy wains of the world’s business and pleasures should crush it to death, or the thorns of earthly desires should spring up and choke it. Romans 12:2. Self is the centre and circumference of his activities. Christianity is a lot more than a bunch of "thou shalt not"s" (2 Timothy 2:22), "transformed"-3339. metamorphoo {met-am-or-fo"-o}; from 3326 and 3445; to transform (literally or figuratively, "metamorphose"): -change, transfigure, transform. Monday Night Bible Study Lesson 18 – Romans Chapter 12 Romans 12 By: Charles Stanley From: On the Epistle to the Romans We come now to practical righteousness, the state and walk of those who have been made the recipients of the grace of God, who have been taken up in sovereign, free favor, justified Emp., ἢ μένει μὲν ἐν τῇ οἰκείᾳ ὑποστάσει, εἰς ἄλλο δὲ εἶδος ἀντʼ ἄλλου μεταλαμβάνον γεννᾶται, ὡς ὁ μετασχηματιζόμενος κηρός, καὶ ἄλλοτε ἄλλην μορφὴν ἀναδεχόμενος) it is impossible not to regard the distinctions in question as very arbitrary. ΄ὴ συσχηματίζεσθε— ἀλλὰ μεταμορφοῦσθε) μορφὴ, form, conformation, denotes something more inward and thoroughly finished, than σχῆμα, fashion or external appearance [habitus].—Comp. are any epithets given to τὸ θέλημα τ. θ. Ephesians 2:2); such as it is, its life and his life are one; and his deliverance is accomplished as he is transformed τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοός, by the renewing of his mind. The effect of the Spirit is fresh vitality and a true direction of the mind. He goes deep down, because he had learned in his Master's school who said, "Make the tree good, and the fruit good." 1. II. Any who feel a sense of weakness, let them cast their whole care on the divine Helper. Andrew Thornton, OSB "Vorrede auff die Epistel S. Paul: an die Romer." https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/romans-12.html. Not only have we been told all we need to know, we have been told what we need to know." 3. ., 292, μορφῆς σχήματα) and Wetstein (Sext. For the relation of dependence on παρακαλῶ is in any case forced. Be not conformed to this world; to its sinful spirit, maxims, customs, and habits. Practical theism is nonconformity to the world. The Second Adam will not, like the first, accept Satan’s representation; He will prove it for Himself; and so He “learns obedience by the things which He suffers.” But He proved it, and in the proving of it He found it to be “good and acceptable and perfect.” He tasted the delight of obedience, as He learned it. Nevertheless, man’s real life is not in outward things. 3. That transformation is no sudden thing, though the revolution which underlies it may be instantaneous. One master word, for the whole Christian life is sacrifice, self-surrender, and that to God. Its tests and fruits are better outward conditions, a better social state, better houses, lands, and means of communication. Everyone "conforms" to some standard. The inner man has got a wrong twist somehow; it needs to be moulded over again. Romans 12:2. Their idea of unworldliness is the abstaining from these things, and a few others, e.g., display in entertainments and equipage. What is (lit, ‘the’) good and well-pleasing (to God) and perfect. However it is always good. Paul says that it involves both body (Romans 12:1) and mind (Romans 12:2). ], [The fashion of the world is the standard by which men in general regulate their conduct: but the Christian takes the word of God for his guide, and the example of Christ for his pattern; and, instead of reducing the rule to his practice, he endeavours to elevate his practice to the rule. That ye may be able to prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Thus, here it may mean that Christians should not conform to the maxims, habits, feelings, etc., of a wicked, luxurious, and idolatrous age, but should be conformed solely to the precepts and laws of the gospel; or the same principle may be extended to every age, and the direction may be, that Christians should not conform to the prevailing habits, style, and manners of the world, the people who know not God. The Spirit that dwelleth in us (James 4:5). “The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way,” Psalm 25:9. . It is impossible to live near to God and yet to be conformed to the world. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.. Now, I suppose that in my text the word ‘mind’ is not so much employed in the widest sense, including all the affections and will, and the other faculties of our nature, as in the narrower sense of the perceptive power, or that faculty in our nature by which we recognise, and make our own, certain truths. Something may be effected, but, alas! We must COOPERATE WITH GOD, if His will is going to change us. Joseph Benson's Commentary. iv., p. 84. also Romans 8:29; Philippians 3:10; Philippians 3:21. τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοός. Now it is a matter of world-wide experience, verified by each of us in our own cases, if we have ever been honest in the attempt, that the power of self-improvement is limited by very narrow bounds. One high heroic instance of truth, justice, or courage is worth a hundred lesser cases--the world is startled by it. “The world,” then, is a spirit, that is everywhere around us and within, and the injunction is most needed precisely where this spirit is most likely to be confounded with something that is good and true. Have not devotion, disinterestedness, self-forgetfulness, and self-sacrifice, a charm which subdues every human heart? It involves the main duty of religion to be separated from the world; and expresses the way in which that duty may be performed, and in which we may live so as to ascertain and do the will of God. The man who starts from great principles is not one who is most apt to overlook the real interests of the world. I. 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