For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law indeed, it cannot.ĭo not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.įor those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. So they are without excuse.Īnd since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.įor I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,įor his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. “And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ New TestamentĮveryone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.īut Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?” Let his mind be changed from a man’s, and let a beast’s mind be given to him and let seven periods of time pass over him. Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme Neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. The prudent sees danger and hides himself,Īnd he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. He who keeps understanding will discover good. When he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. What Does the Bible Say About Our Minds? Old TestamentĪ fool despises his father’s instruction,Įven a fool who keeps silent is considered wise Let’s see what the Bible says about the mind. God is intimately concerned with the life of the mind, and Scripture makes clear throughout the centuries how God has cared for how His people think and otherwise use their brains. God cares about what goes on in our heads because He made us, He loves us, and He wants what is best for us.
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