Rom 15:5-7 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Rom 15:5-6: 15:5-6 live in complete harmony: This phrase (see study note on 12:16) refers to the whole orientation of how someone thinks. A mindset of harmony is important for Christian unity (see 12:3-5 , 16 ; Phil 2:2-5 ).

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‏ Romans 15:5-7

Summary for Rom 15:5-6: 15:5-6 ^a live in complete harmony: This phrase (see study note on 12:16) refers to the whole orientation of how someone thinks. A mindset of harmony is important for Christian unity (see 12:3-5 ^b, 16 ^c; Phil 2:2-5 ^d).
15:7 ^e To accept each other means more than grudgingly putting up with each other. We are to welcome other believers, with all their flaws and sins, into our fellowship and treat them as family (see study note on 12:10), just as Christ has accepted us, with all our flaws and sins, into his fellowship and family (5:8-11 ^f).