Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
Parallel translations
- WEB Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.
- 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.
- BSB Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
- NASB Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
- NLT Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all!
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Quick answer
Live in harmony, do not be proud but associate with the lowly, and avoid conceit.
Overview
Paul urges unity of mind, humility, and willingness to keep company with the lowly rather than chasing status. He warns against being 'wise in your own conceits,' an attitude that fractures community. The verse calls believers to the humble-mindedness that mirrors Christ.
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Cross-references · 40
- 1 Pet 3:8Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,
- Prov 3:7Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
- Jas 3:13–17Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
- Phil 2:2–3make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
- Rom 12:3For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
- Heb 13:5Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
- 1 Cor 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
- Isa 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
- Rom 15:5Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,
- 1 Cor 8:2But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
- Matt 18:1–4In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
- Luke 14:13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
- 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Matt 6:25–26Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
- Luke 22:24–27There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
- Ps 131:1–2A Song of Ascents. By David. Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
- Luke 6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.
- Phil 4:11–13Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
- Prov 26:12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- 1 Cor 6:5I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
- Rom 11:25For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
- 1 Tim 6:6–9But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- 1 Cor 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
- Job 31:13–16“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;
- Matt 20:21–28He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
- Matt 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Luke 4:6–11The devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.
- Job 36:5“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Prov 19:17He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
- Phil 3:16Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.
- Jer 45:5Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh; ‘but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.’”
- 1 Pet 5:3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
- Jas 2:5–6Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- Prov 17:5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
- Phil 4:2I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.
- Matt 26:11For you always have the poor with you; but you don’t always have me.
- Prov 19:7All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
- Prov 19:22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
- Acts 4:32The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
- 3 Jn 1:9I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.
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