King James Version

What Does Romans 15:6 Mean?

That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Context

4

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

5

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: according to: or, after the example of

6

That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

8

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(6) **With one mind and one mouth. . . .**—It is in the heart that the spirit of humanity arises, and with the mouth that it is expressed.

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

Historical Context

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