Romans 15 · Verse 6

Romans 15:6

That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 15:6, King James Version

Romans 15:6 in other translations

BSBso that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
WEBthat with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
ASVthat with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
YLTthat with one accord--with one mouth--ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;
DARBYthat ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
BBESo that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
WebsterThat ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

What does Romans 15:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 15:5-6

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…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 6. That ye may with one mind. The word here used is translated "with one accord," Acts 1:14, 2:1, 4:24. It means unitedly, with one purpose, without contentions, and strifes, and jars.

And one mouth. This refers, doubtless, to their prayers and praises. That they might join, without contention and unkind feeling, in the worship of God. Divisions, strife, and contention in the church prevent union in worship. Though the body may be there, and the church professedly engaged in public worship, yet it is a divided service; and the prayers of strife and contention are not heard, Isa 58:4.

Glorify God. Praise or honour God. This would be done by their union, peace, and harmony; thus showing the tendency of the gospel to overcome the sources of strife and contention among men, and to bring them to peace.

Even the Father, etc. This is an addition designed to produce love.

(1.) He is a Father; we then, his children, should regard him as pleased with the union and peace of his family.

(2.) He is the Father of our LORD; our common Lord; our Lord who has commanded us to be united, and to love one another. By the desire of honouring such a Father, we should lay aside contentions, and be united in the bands of love.

(i) "one mind" Acts 4:24,32

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 That ye - Jews and Gentiles - may with one mind - Thinking the same things, and bearing with each other, after the example of Christ; and one mouth, in all your religious assemblies, without jarring or contentions, glorify God for calling you into such a state of salvation, and showing himself to be your loving compassionate Father, as he is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is very likely that the apostle refers here to religious acts in public worship, which might have been greatly interrupted by the dissensions between the converted Jews and the converted Gentiles; these differences he labors to compose; and, after having done all that was necessary in the way of instruction and exhortation, he now pours out his soul to God, who alone could rule and manage the heart, that he would enable them to think the same things, to be of the same judgment, and that all, feeling their obligation to him, might join in the sweetest harmony in every act of religious worship.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 15:1-7

Christian liberty was allowed, not for our pleasure, but for the glory of God, and the good of others. We must please our neighbour, for the good of his soul; not by serving his wicked will, and humouring him in a sinful way; if we thus seek to please men, we are not the servants of Christ. Christ's whole life was a self-denying, self-displeasing life. And he is the most advanced Christian, who is the most conformed…

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Romans 15:6 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἵναinaso thatG2443
ὁμοθυμαδὸνhomothumadonwith one accordG3661
ἐνenwithG1722
ἑνὶhenioneG1520
στόματιstomatimouthG4750
δοξάζητεdoxazēteyou may glorifyG1392
τὸνtontheG3588
θεὸνtheonGodG2316
καὶkaiandG2532
πατέραpateraFatherG3962
τοῦtouof theG3588
κυρίουkuriouLordG2962
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424
Χριστοῦ.ChristouChrist.G5547

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Romans 15:6

  • John 10:29-30

    My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.

  • Acts 4:24

    And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

  • Ephesians 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

  • Revelation 1:6

    And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:31

    The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

  • 1 Peter 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • 2 Corinthians 1:3

    Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

  • Romans 15:9-11

    And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

  • Acts 4:32

    And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

  • John 20:17

    Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

  • Zephaniah 3:9

    For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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9-11; Zep 3:9; Zec 13:9; Ac 4:24,32
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Joh 10:29,30; 20:17; 2Co 1:3; 11:31; Eph 1:3; 1Pe 1:3

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Context

  • Romans 15:5

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

  • Romans 15:6

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

  • Romans 15:7

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

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Romans 15:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para que concordes, á una boca glorifiquéis al Dios y Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		afin que, d’un commun accord, d’une même bouche, vous glorifiiez le Dieu et Père de notre seigneur Jésus Christ.
German
Elberfelder 1871		auf daß ihr einmütig mit einem Munde den Gott und Vater unseres Herrn Jesu Christi verherrlichet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ut unanimes, uno ore honorificetis Deum et patrem Domini nostri Jesu Christi.