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).

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.