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Living Sacrifices to God

1 I abeseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies ba living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your2 reasonable service.  
2 And ado not be conformed to this world, but bbe transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may cprove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  

Serve God with Spiritual Gifts

3 For I say, athrough the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, bnot to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt cto each one a measure of faith.  
4 For aas we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,  
5 so awe, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.  
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is agiven to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us bprophesy in proportion to our faith;  
7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; ahe who teaches, in teaching;  
8 ahe who exhorts, in exhortation; bhe who gives, with liberality; che who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, dwith cheerfulness.  

Behave Like a Christian

9 aLet love be without hypocrisy. bAbhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.  
10 aBe kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, bin honor giving preference to one another;  
11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
12 arejoicing in hope, bpatient in tribulation, ccontinuing steadfastly in prayer;  
13 adistributing to the needs of the saints, bgiven to hospitality.  
14 aBless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.  
15 aRejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.  
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Romans 12:3

Not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think (mh uperfronein par o dei fronein). Indirect negative command after legw (I say). Play on the two infinitives fronein, to think, and uperfronein (old verb from uperfrwn, over-proud, here only in N.T.) to "over-think" with par o (beyond what) added. Then another play on fronein and swfronein (old verb from swfrwn, sober-minded), to be in one's right mind (Mark 5:15; II Corinthians 5:13). Self-conceit is here treated as a species of insanity.

A measure of faith (metron pistewv). Accusative case, the object of the verb emerisen. Each has his gift from God (I Corinthians 3:5; I Corinthians 4:7). There is no occasion for undue pride.

To each man (ekastw). Emphatic position before wv (as) and emphasizes the diversity.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 12:3:

Romans 12:6
2 Timothy 1:9
Titus 2:6
Hebrews 11:3
Hebrews 13:1

 

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