Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
Have full sympathy with one another. Do not give your mind to high things, but let humble ways content you. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Be in agreement with one another.
International Standard Version
Live in harmony with each other. Do not be arrogant, but associate with humble people. Do not think that you are wiser than you really are.
A Conservative Version
thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty [conceited, self-important, exclusive], but associate with humble people [those with a realistic self-view]. Do not overestimate yourself.
An Understandable Version
Have the same [good] thoughts toward one another. Do not [always] be thinking you are a "bigshot," but lower yourself to accept humble tasks [or, humble people]. Do not think you are so smart.
Anderson New Testament
cultivate the same disposition, one to ward another: mind not high things, but conform yourselves to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits;
Bible in Basic English
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
Common New Testament
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Daniel Mace New Testament
have the same respect for one another. let not your behaviour be haughty, but soften'd to the condition of those below you. be not wise in your own conceits.
Darby Translation
Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:
Godbey New Testament
Have the same mind toward one another, not thinking high things, but condescending to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Goodspeed New Testament
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.
John Wesley New Testament
Agree in the same affection toward each other.
Julia Smith Translation
Thinking the same towards one another. Not thinking high things but being led by humble things. Be not wise with yourselves.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Think the same [thing] toward one another; {do not think arrogantly}, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise {in your own sight}.
Modern King James verseion
minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be of like affection one towards another. Be not high minded, but make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your own opinions.
Moffatt New Testament
Keep in harmony with one another; instead of being ambitious, associate with humble folk; never be self-conceited.
Montgomery New Testament
Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
NET Bible
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
New Heart English Bible
Be of the same mind one toward another. Do not be arrogant, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
Noyes New Testament
Be of one mind among yourselves. Set not your minds on high things, but content yourselves with what is humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Sawyer New Testament
Desire the same thing one for another; desire not the high, but be satisfied with the humble. Be not wise in your own conceit.
The Emphasized Bible
The same thing, one to another regarding, - not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be of the same mind among each other. Affect not high things, but be condescending to the lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Let the same spirit of sympathy animate you all, not a spirit of pride; be glad to associate with the lowly. Do not think too highly of yourselves.
Webster
Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Williams New Testament
Keep on thinking in harmony with one another. Stop being high-minded but keep on associating with lowly people. Stop being conceited.
World English Bible
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.
Worrell New Testament
thinking the same thing one toward another; minding not lofty things, but being carried along with the lowly. Be ye not wise in your own conceits;
Worsley New Testament
Be alike affected to each other: not aiming at high things, but accommodating yourselves to persons of low rank. Be not wise in your own conceit.
Youngs Literal Translation
of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;
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Interlinear
Phroneo
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 12:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living In Love
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. 16 Have full sympathy with one another. Do not give your mind to high things, but let humble ways content you. Do not be wise in your own conceits. 17 Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.
Cross References
Romans 11:25
For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
Romans 15:5
And may God, the giver of power of endurance and of that encouragement, grant you to be in full sympathy with one another in accordance with the example of Christ Jesus,
1 Peter 3:8
In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded,
Philippians 4:2
I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntyche, to be of one mind, as sisters in Christ.
Matthew 6:25-26
For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?
Matthew 11:5
"blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them;
Matthew 18:1-4
Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who ranks higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?"
Matthew 20:21-28
"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom."
Matthew 26:11
The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.
Luke 4:6-11
And the Devil said to Him, "To you will I give all this authority and this splendour; for it has been handed over to me, and on whomsoever I will I bestow it.
Luke 6:20
Then fixing His eyes upon His disciples, Jesus said to them, "Blessed are you poor, because the Kingdom of God is yours.
Luke 14:13
But when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;
Luke 22:24-27
There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.
Acts 4:32
Among all those who had embraced the faith there was but one heart and soul, so that none of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything they had was common property;
Romans 6:2
No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?
Romans 12:3
For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no divisions among you, but rather a perfect union through your having one mind and one judgement.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as "foolish"; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.
1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to put you to shame. Has it come to this, that there does not exist among you a single wise man competent to decide between a man and his brother,
1 Corinthians 8:2
If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brethren, be joyful, secure perfection of character, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace. And then God who gives love and peace will be with you.
Philippians 1:27
Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.
Philippians 2:2-3
united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.
Philippians 3:16
But whatever be the point that we have already reached, let us persevere in the same course.
Philippians 4:11-13
I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part)
1 Timothy 6:6-9
And godliness *is* gain, when associated with contentment;
Hebrews 13:5
Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, "I will never, never let go your hand: I will never never forsake you."
James 2:5-6
Listen, my dearly-loved brethren. Has not God chosen those whom the world regards as poor to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which He has promised to those that love Him?
James 3:13-17
Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.
1 Peter 5:3
not lording it over your Churches but proving yourselves patterns for the flock to imitate.
3 John 1:9
I wrote to the Church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, refuses to listen to us.
Revelation 13:7-8
And permission was given him to make war upon God's people and conquer them; and power was given him over every tribe, people, language and nation.