 | Wilhelm Pauck - 1969 - 428 Seiten
...Christianity is nothing else than a life that is certain of the mercy of God. Rom. 12:2: "That you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." Therefore, the Sophists will say that there is no reason why we should fear. This is right. If fear... | |
 | Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer - 1971 - 604 Seiten
..."renewal of our minds." This light has nothing to do with an empty moralism, and permits us to recognize the will of God: "what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom. 12:2). Apart from that light and those fruits, our "repentance" is only a fraud and has nothing to... | |
 | Paul S. Wright - 1972 - 68 Seiten
...Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom. 12:1-2). A twofold response is involved in this appeal, both a firm initial decision — "present your bodies... | |
 | Elizabeth Achtemeier - 1976 - 228 Seiten
...Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. — Rom. 12:1-2 Our son is a college student, and during his vacations at home he tells us a lot about his classmates.... | |
 | Robert H. Gundry - 2005 - 284 Seiten
...Christian witness. Believers are to yield their bodies to God 'as instruments of righteousness' 'to prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect' (Rom 6: 12-23; I2: 0- The honoring of Christ in the body is associated with 'fruitful labor' and martyrdom... | |
 | Hans Haselbarth - 1976 - 248 Seiten
...therefore the meeting with Christ in which man is made ready to respond to God's will. Man can now prove "what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect". As a man responds in this way to God's calling, he is brought back to be an image of God. Good and... | |
 | Calgary Institute for the Humanities - 1991 - 263 Seiten
...not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom. 12:1-2). In this presentation, in this transformation, we become "servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries... | |
 | William Law - 1978 - 548 Seiten
...conformed to this world but be transformed [reformed] by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Romans 12:1-2, NEB). The radical nature of Law's understanding of such Biblical wisdom is vividly... | |
 | Johan Christiaan Beker - 484 Seiten
...Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." The "renewal of your mind" aims at the "sacrifice of your bodies," that is, the worship of God in the... | |
 | Geoffrey Wainwright - 1984 - 626 Seiten
...Do not be conformed to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect' (Romans 12:1f). Service in love, for which the apostle invokes no less a model than the one who 'though... | |
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I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of... 
