The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 12:16
Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one towards another. UnityI. What it implies.1. One spirit.2. One aim.3. One way.II. How to secure it.1. Suppress ambition.2. Be condescending to inferiors.3. Be modest in the expression of your own opinion. (J. Lyth, D.D.)Mind not high thingsI. What high things?1. Negatively--not the highest or heavenly things (Colossians 3:1-2; Matthew 6:33).2. Positively--of this world (Jeremiah 45:5). Great--(1) Riches (Timothy 6:19);(2) Honours;(3) Power and place (Acts... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 12:1-21
Romans 12:1 . I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God. Under the form of entreaty he now tenderly exhorts them, in return for all the glory of redeeming love, to present their bodies to God, in chastity and in temperance, as temples of the Most High. Herodotus, the Greek priest, confesses that in the festival of Venus, the better sort of folks presented themselves to pay their respects to the goddess, while the lower sort indulged in crimes that cannot be named. Romans... read more