What Does Romans 15:5 Mean in the King James?
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The shared mind is granted from the God whose endurance holds people steady and whose comfort turns them toward one another.
THE MEANING
The God who gives endurance and comfort is active in your relationships now. A shared way of thinking toward one another is something God grants. Its shape comes according to Christ Jesus: Christos (Χριστός, Christos) means “the Anointed One,” and Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ, Yeshua) carries the sense of “deliverance.”
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A shared mind is not something you must manufacture by willpower alone; the verse says God grants it.
THE ROOT
φρονεῖν
phronein
GROWS FROM
φρήν (phrēn), in the word family of φρονέω (phroneō)
Mind, thought, or understanding; φρονέω means to think or direct the mind.
“likeminded” in this verse is phronein. The phrase means “to think the same thing” toward one another, giving likemindedness the sense of a shared mental direction. The verse presents that orientation as something God grants, shaped according to Jesus the Anointed One.
ALSO GROWS
phroneō: think, set the mind
φρονέω
This verb makes likemindedness an orientation of thought toward one another.
phronēma: mindset, intention
φρόνημα
This related word shows the family can describe an inward disposition, not just a passing thought.
ὑπομονή
hypomonē
GROWS FROM
μένω (menō), within ὑπομένω (hypomenō)
To remain or continue; with ὑπο- (“under”), to remain under pressure.
Patience here carries the picture of staying present under strain, not simply waiting without feeling. That endurance gives a shared life room to hold together.
ALSO GROWS
menō: remain, abide
μένω
The basic idea of remaining gives patience a steadiness that can persist through difficulty.
hypomenō: endure, remain under
ὑπομένω
This related verb makes explicit the endurance contained in the verse’s “patience.”
παράκλησις
paraklēsis
GROWS FROM
καλέω (kaleō), in παρακαλέω (parakaleō)
To call or summon; the related verb παρακαλέω means to comfort or urge.
Consolation carries active encouragement: comfort that steadies and urges a person onward. Paired with endurance, it shows the support named here as part of the ground for a shared mind.
ALSO GROWS
parakaleō: comfort, urge
παρακαλέω
The related verb presents comfort as active support that can move a person forward.
paraklēsis: comfort, encouragement, appeal
παράκλησις
This noun is repeated in the preceding verse, linking shared-mindedness with received comfort.
THE PATTERN
God-given unity takes shape through endurance, mutual care, and a common mind turned toward one another.
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.THE THREAD
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.Verse 4 uses the same Greek words, ὑπομονή (hypomonē, endurance) and παράκλησις (paraklēsis, comfort), that name God in verse 5. The endurance and comfort received through Scripture become the ground from which shared-mindedness is granted.
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