Framing of the Mind (φρονέω)

The Christian Life Podcast · Feb 22, 2026 · 20m

The framing of the mind refers to the boundaries we naturally place on how we think about ourselves, our environment, and others. The concept of framing the mind is derived from the diaphragm, which the Greeks considered the seat of intellectual faculties, including understanding and the capacity for perception and judgment.

In Matthew 16:21, Scripture records that Jesus began to show the disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things, be killed, and be raised again on the third day. Peter rebuked the Lord for what He was saying because his frame of mind was not on the things of…