I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
Parallel translations
- WEB I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.
- KJV And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
- NKJV Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
- NASB And concerning you, my brothers and sisters, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.
- NLT I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them.
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Paul expresses confidence that the Roman believers are full of goodness and knowledge, able to instruct one another. He affirms the church even as he begins his personal remarks.
Overview
Turning to the letter's closing personal section, Paul commends the Romans warmly. He is persuaded they possess genuine goodness, mature knowledge, and the capacity to admonish one another. This gracious affirmation shows pastoral tact: he has written boldly, yet he honors their spiritual maturity. It models how correction and encouragement belong together in healthy Christian relationships.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Pet 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
- Col 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- 1 Jn 2:21I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
- 1 Cor 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
- 1 Cor 8:7But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
- 1 Cor 1:5For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
- 1 Th 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
- 1 Cor 8:10For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
- Eph 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- Phlm 1:21Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
- 1 Th 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
- Titus 2:3–4Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- 2 Tim 1:5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
- Heb 10:24–25And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- Col 1:8–10and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
- Heb 5:12Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- Phil 1:7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.
- Phil 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- 2 Pet 1:5–8For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Heb 6:9Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.
- 1 Cor 12:8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
- 1 Cor 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- Jude 1:20–23But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
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