Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them
that weep.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high
things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own
conceits [Rom. 12:15–16].
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice.” The world’s motto is
“Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.” But that is
not true of the believer. We are to enter into the joys and sorrows of other
believers. Weep with those who weep.
“Be of the same mind one toward another” doesn’t mean
uniformity of thought but that we are to have the mind of Christ.
Believers ought to enter emotionally into the lives of
other believers. I think that is something that makes genuine Christians so
wonderful.
“Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low
estate.” My friend, let’s not be afraid of associating with humble men and
things of low estate. Paul said to the Philippians, “Let this mind be in
you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 2:5)—what kind of a mind did
Christ have? A humble mind.
“Be not wise in your own conceits.” In other words, stop
being wise in your own opinion. What an injunction that is! A great many of
the saints think they are spiritual giants, but they are not. Solomon, who
was a man with wisdom from God, gave a very interesting injunction: “Seest
thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of
him” (Prov. 26:12). I wouldn’t dare say a thing like that, but Solomon said
it.
McGee, J. Vernon: Thru the Bible
Commentary. electronic ed. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997,
c1981, S. 4:733