Romans 12:2

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Romans 12:2

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Summary

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.

Be not

Be ye

Good

General references

Luke 22:26

Bible References

Be not

"You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness."

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.

For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

So that huge dragon -- the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world -- was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

Be ye

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away -- look, what is new has come!

-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,

and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Good

Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

I will find delight in your commands, which I love.

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth --

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

General references

Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.