Rom 15:5-7 | JFB | STEP | 5, 6. Now the God of patience and consolation —Such beautiful names of God are taken from the graces which He inspires: as "the God of hope" ( ), "the God of peace" ( ). grant you to be likeminded —"of the same mind" according to Christ Jesus —It is not mere unanimity which the apostle seeks for them; for unanimity in evil is to be deprecated. But it is " according to Christ Jesus "—after the sublimest model of Him whose all-absorbing desire was to do, "not His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him" ( ).

Romans 15:5-7

5, 6. Now the God of patience and consolation—Such beautiful names of God are taken from the graces which He inspires: as "the God of hope" (Ro 15:13), "the God of peace" (Ro 15:33).

grant you to be likeminded—"of the same mind"

according to Christ Jesus—It is not mere unanimity which the apostle seeks for them; for unanimity in evil is to be deprecated. But it is "according to Christ Jesus"—after the sublimest model of Him whose all-absorbing desire was to do, "not His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him" (Joh 6:38).

6. That, &c.—rather, "that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ"; the mind and the mouth of all giving harmonious glory to His name. What a prayer! And shall this never be realized on earth?

7. Wherefore—returning to the point

receive ye one another . . . to the glory of God—If Christ received us, and bears with all our weaknesses, well may we receive and compassionate one with another, and by so doing God will be glorified.