Grace that is Given (12:3, 6)
Romans 12 & 13
Fred Bischoff
www.scripturefirst.net
12:1
¦ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service. |
7:24;
8:10 (cf. Gal. 2:20) |
2 And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that ye may prove what is
that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will
of God. |
7:9
without the law 7:23,
25 law of my mind will:
Mark 3:35; 1 Cor. 1:1 |
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought
to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. |
grace:
1:5; 3:24; 5:15, 20; 12:6; 15:15 measure:
Matt. 7:2; Eph. 4:7, 13 faith:
3:3, 22 |
4 For as we have many members in one
body, and all members have not the same office: |
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5 So we, being many, are one body
in Christ, and every one members one of another. |
Disciples:
strife to accord; See "Spiritual Gifts to Whom?" |
6 Having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is given
to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; |
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7 Or ministry, let us wait
on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; |
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8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity; he that ruleth,
with diligence; he that sheweth mercy,
with cheerfulness. |
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9 Let
love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good. |
Other
5 uses: 2Co
6:6 love 1Tim
1:5; 2Tim. 1:5 faith Jas
3:17 wisdom 1Pet
1:22 love |
10 Be
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; |
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11 Not slothful in business; fervent
in spirit; serving the Lord; |
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12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer; |
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13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. |
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14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. |
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15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. |
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16 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. |
mind
= think in vs. 3 x2 |
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil.
Provide things honest in the sight
of all men. |
Grace! |
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth
in you, live peaceably with all
men. |
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19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it
is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. |
I
will repay = cross Rev
6:10; 19:2 |
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger,
feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals
of fire on his head. |
5:10 |
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. |
3:4
only other use in Rom |
13:1 ¦ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. |
authority |
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of
God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. |
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3 For rulers are not a terror to good
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and
thou shalt have praise of the same: |
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4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is
evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth
evil. |
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5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for
conscience sake. |
do
good>avoid bad |
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute
also: for they are GodŐs ministers,
attending continually upon this very thing. |
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7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to
whom fear; honour to whom honour. |
Mat
18:32 only other use |
8 Owe
no man any thing, but to love one
another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. |
First
use of "owe" Mat
18:28, 30, 34; Goal
of gospel: Ro 8:4 |
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear
false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. |
7th:
adultery 6th:
kill 8th:
steal 9th:
false witness 10th:
covet Lev.
19:18 |
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
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11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to
awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we
believed. |
Salvation:
1:16; 10:1, 10; 11:11 |
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore
cast off the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armour of light. |
Heb.
10:25 |
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness,
not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. |
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14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. |
flesh
23 verses Romans; lusts:
7:7, 8 first
in NT of flesh + lust: Gal
5:16, 24; Eph 2:3; 1 Pet 4:2; 2 Pet 2:10, 18; 1Joh 2:16 |
12:1 ¦ I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service. |
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2 And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. |
Mind: same as in Ro 7:23 But I see
another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in
my members. Ro
7:25 I
thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of
sin. Mark
3:35 For whosoever shall do the will
of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. 1Co
1:1 Paul,
called to be an apostle of Jesus
Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our
brother, |
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is
among you, not to think of himself
more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God
hath dealt to every man the measure of
faith. |
Ro
12:6
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let
us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Ro
15:15
Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort,
as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, Mt
7:2 For
with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Eph
4:7 But
unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Eph
4:13 Till
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness
of Christ: |
4 For as we have many members
in one body, and all members have not the same office: |
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5 So we, being many, are one body
in Christ, and every one members one of another. |
see
SpiritualGiftsUniv.doc |
6 Having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is given
to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; |
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7 Or ministry, let us wait
on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; |
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8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. |
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9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good. |
Other
5 uses: 2Co
6:6 By
pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 1Ti
1:5 Now
the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 2Ti
1:5 When I
call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,
and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. Jas
3:17 But
the wisdom that is from above is
first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and
easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and
without hypocrisy. 1Pe
1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love
of the brethren, see that ye love
one another with a pure heart fervently: |
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in
honour preferring one another; |
|
11 Not slothful in business;
fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; |
|
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient
in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; |
|
13 Distributing to the
necessity of saints; given to hospitality. |
|
14 Bless them which persecute
you: bless, and curse not. |
|
15 Rejoice with them that do
rejoice, and weep with them that weep. |
|
16 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. |
mind
= think in vs. 3 x2 |
17 Recompense to no man evil
for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. |
GRACE! |
18 If it be possible, as much
as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. |
|
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it
is written, Vengeance is mine; I
will repay, saith the Lord. |
Re
6:10 And
they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth? Re
19:2 For
true and righteous are his
judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth
with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants
at her hand. |
20 Therefore if thine enemy
hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt
heap coals of fire on his head. |
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21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. |
only
other use in Rom: Ro
3:4 God
forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou
mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. |
13:1 ¦ Let every soul be
subject unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God:
the powers that be are ordained of
God. |
exousia |
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth
the power, resisteth the ordinance
of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. |
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3 For rulers are not a terror
to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and
thou shalt have praise of the same: |
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4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in
vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. |
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5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake. |
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6 For for this cause pay ye
tribute also: for they are GodŐs
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. |
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7 Render therefore to all their
dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to
whom fear; honour to whom honour. |
Only
2 uses of "dues" in NT! Mat. 18:32 |
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love
one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. |
First
use of "owe" is Mt 18:28, 30, 34; OUR GREATEST DEBT IS TO PAY THEIR
DEBT "Law"
51 verses in Romans! Goal
of gospel: Ro 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit. |
9 For this, Thou shalt not
commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not
bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. |
7:
adultery 6:
kill 8:
steal 9:
false witness 10:
covet Lev.
19:18 |
10 Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
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11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to
awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we
believed. |
Kairos Hora Virgins? Lu
9:32 But
Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake,
they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. |
12 The night is far spent, the
day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. |
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13 Let us walk honestly, as in
the day; not in rioting and
drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. |
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14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. |
flesh
23 verses Romans; lusts: Ro
7:7 What
shall we say then? Is the law sin?
God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Ro
7:8 But
sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was
dead. first
in NT of flesh + lust: Ga
5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Ga
5:24 And
they that are ChristŐs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Eph
2:3 Among
whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of
the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even
as others. 1Pe
4:2 That
he no longer should live the rest of his
time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 2Pe
2:10 But
chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not
afraid to speak evil of dignities. 2Pe
2:18 For
when they speak great swelling words
of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much
wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 1Jo
2:16 For
all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but
is of the world. |