Romans 12:2 (WEB)
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Catechism · 2
The Ninth Commandment
“With God's grace he will prevail - by the virtue and gift of chastity, for chastity lets us love with upright and undivided heart; - by purity of intention which consists in seeking the true end of man: with simplicity of vision, the baptized person seeks to find and to fulfill God's will in everything;” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 12:2; Col 1:10.
The Seven Petitions
“By prayer we can discern "what is the will of God" and obtain the endurance to do it.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 12:2; Cf. Eph 5:17; Cf. Heb 10:36.
Fathers and councils · 17
Jerome
“The Apostle being desirous to withdraw us from the flesh and to join us to the Spirit, says afterwards:“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 1–3.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…house which is from heaven;” and calleth upon this lower deep, saying, “Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
Read the whole comment““Be not conformed to this world.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
Read the whole comment“…us, “Be not conformed to this world;” next also follows that which Thou presently subjoinedst, saying, “But be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,”—not now after your kind, as if following your neighbour who went before you, nor as if living after the example of a better man (for Thou hast not said, “Let…” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
Read the whole comment“Since Thou, saith he, hast formed me, do Thou new form me; that that may be done in Christ’s Body, which the Apostle speaks of, “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For it is also said, “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind;” to whom he likewise says, “Be ye therefore imitators of God as dear children.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2
Read the whole comment“…that those things ought to be done; what else do we do, but that which the apostle prohibits us from doing, when he says, “Be not conformed to this world”?” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2
Read the whole comment“…formed anew from the world, when they hearken to the apostle, saying, “Be not conformed to this world, but be ye formed again in the renewing of your mind;” that that image may begin to be formed again by Him by whom it had been formed at first.” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2
Read the whole comment“And this, indeed, the apostle subjoins, saying, “And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed in the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
Read the whole comment“So in another place He says to us, “Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed in the renewing of your mind.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
Read the whole comment““Be ye therefore renewed in the spirit of your mind,” and “understand what is the will of God, which is good, and acceptable, and perfect;” that, “rooted and grounded in love, ye may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the length, and breadth, and height, and depth, even to know the…” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“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.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“And again: “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the mercy of God, that ye constitute your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God; and be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed in the renewing of your spirit, that ye may prove what is the will of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 1, 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“They say that the Son of God had a beginning in time, whereas He Himself is the source and ordainer of time and all that therein is.” — editor's note: The original was: “Cum conditor ipse sit temporum,” which, rendered more closely word for word, is, “whereas He Himself is the ordainer of times,” or “ages.”…
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John Chrysostom
“Yet Paul saith, that both he and those who were made disciples knew “what was that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” ( Rom. xii. 2 ), and did the Son not know until He had received commandment?” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.24On Virginity
“How can you obey Paul when he exhorts you “to present your body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,” when you are “conformed to this world,” and not transformed by the renewing of your mind, when you are not “walking” in this “newness of life,” but still pursuing the routine of “the old man”?” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 1, 2; vi. 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Be not conformed,” says the apostle, “to this world: but be ye transformed in the renewal of the mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. xii. 2.
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Cross-references · 39
Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VII.6.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.16.
Cited together in Catechism §2826.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 76.
Cited together in Catechism §2520.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.22 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.
Cited together in Catechism §2826.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.22 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.22 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.16.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.24.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.24.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.24.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 76.
Cited together in The City of God X.5.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 76.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 76.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.16.
Cited together in Catechism §2520.
Cited together in The City of God X.5.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XI.5.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.24.
Cited together in Catechism §2826.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 76.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 76.
Cited together in The City of God X.5.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.16.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.9.