(Romans 12:16)
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
People were used to living in a society based on a very clear societal structure. People who decided to follow Jesus still fell back on the cultural norms they had grown accustomed to. Christians living in civilized Rome would have looked down on people from the more “backward” rural areas around Palestine.
This is Paul’s reminder that in the kingdom of God, there is no status or value based on wealth or worldly prominence-and we shouldn’t behave like there is. We are one in the body of Christ.
