Romans 12:2 (GNV)

Passage

And fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde, but bee yee changed by the renewing of your minde, that ye may prooue what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.

Nearby Context

Romans 12:1 I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruing of God.

Romans 12:2 And fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde, but bee yee changed by the renewing of your minde, that ye may prooue what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.

Romans 12:3 For I say through the grace that is giuen vnto me, to euery one that is among you, that no man presume to vnderstande aboue that which is meete to vnderstand, but that he vnderstande according to sobrietie, as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith.

Romans 12:4 For as wee haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "will of God", "world", "fashion", "selues", "like", "vnto", "worlde", and "changed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "will of God" and "world", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "I Beseech you therefore brethren by the..." into verse 3's "For I say through the grace that...", so "will of God" and "world" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "will of God" and "world" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.