Romans 12:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 12:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 12:16 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your o..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 12:16 — KJV
“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. condescend...: or, be contented with mean things”
— Romans 12:16 (KJV)
Romans 12:16 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 12:16
“And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”
Shares key themes with Romans 12:16: one, toward, another
“And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.”
Shares key themes with Romans 12:16: one, toward, another
“And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.”
Shares key themes with Romans 12:16: same, one, men
“And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.”
Shares key themes with Romans 12:16: men, low, wise
“And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.”
Shares key themes with Romans 12:16: one, men, low
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