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Verse Romans 12:13. _DISTRIBUTING TO THE NECESSITY OF SAINTS_]
Relieve your poor brethren according to the power which God has given
you. Do good unto all men, but especially to them which are of the...
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DISTRIBUTING - The word used here denotes having things in
“common” κοινωνοῦντες koinōnountes. It means that
they should be communicative, or should regard their property as so
far common as to supp...
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III. EXHORTATIONS AND THE CONCLUSION.
Chapter s 12-16.
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. The Body as a Willing Sacrifice. (Romans 12:1 .)_
2. Service. (Romans 12:3 .)
3. The Daily Walk in Holiness. (Romans 12:9 .)...
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IN THE CHRISTIAN TEMPER, _modesty_ is the first desideratum.
Romans 12:3. I tell everyone that is among you not _to_ be high-minded
above a right mind, but to be of a mind to be sober-minded (Sp.). Th...
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THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
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Your love must be completely sincere. Hate that which is evil and
cling to that which is good. Be affectionate to one another in
brotherly love. Give to each other priority in honour. Do not be
sluggi...
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DISTRIBUTING. Communicating. Greek. _koinoneo._ Sometimes translated
"partake".
SAINTS. See Romans 1:7.
GIVEN TO. pursuing.
HOSPITALITY. kindness to strangers. Greek. _philoxenia._ Only here and
Heb...
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_distributing_ COMMUNICATING, sharing your own with them. This was
almost the first instinct of the Church of Christ; and it was felt to
be connected naturally with the sublimest truths of eternity. O...
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F. 12–15:13. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL SEEN IN ITS EFFECT UPON BOTH
THE COMMON AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE OF CHRISTIANS.
In this section S. Paul deals with the consequences of the principles
he has worked...
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10–21. Note the remarkable coordination of participles, adjectives,
infinitives (15), and imperatives. All should be translated by the
imperative; cf. Moulton, pp. 180 f., 222; cf. 1 Peter 2:18; 1 Pet...
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The urgency of the times calls for the new character in man....
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ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΧΡΕΊΑΙΣ. Cf. Acts 28:10; Philippians 2:25;
Philippians 4:16; Philippians 4:19;...
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ΧΡΕΊΑ (G5532) нужда,
ΚΟΙΝΩΝΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΈΩ
(G2841) делиться, быть товарищем,
отдавать дань или делиться, по
отношению к финансовым или
материальным вкладам (Dunn; TDNT).
ΦΙΛΟΞ...
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GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY— It was the more proper for the Apostles
frequently to enforce this duty, as the want of public inns rendered
it difficult for strangers to get accommodations; and as many
Christi...
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_TEXT_
Romans 12:3-16. For I say, through the grace that was given me, to
every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than
he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly,...
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Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
DISTRIBUTING ('IMPARTING') TO THE NECESSITY OF SAINTS; GIVEN TO
HOSPITALITY, [ filoxenian (G5381)] - that is, the entertainment of
str...
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Conciliation-National
22 Nothing shows the blindness of Christendom more than their severe
denunciation of faithless Israel, yet they are following precisely the
same course and have not the slig...
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PARAPHRASE. '(1) God's redeeming love should be answered by the true
sacrifice and spiritual ritual service of a life of purity and
self-denial and work for God. (2) Do not follow the fashions and
cus...
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DISTRIBUTING] RV 'communicating,' i.e. sharing your goods: cp. Acts
2:42.
SAINTS] RV 'the saints,' i.e. Christians, God's people. HOSPITALITY]
The various Churches were linked by the visits of accredi...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 12
TRUE *WORSHIP 12:1-2
V1 *Brothers and *sisters, God has shown you his kindness. Therefore
I am appealing to you. Of...
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(9-21) Now follow to the end of the chapter a number of general
exhortations, not addressed to particular persons or classes, but to
the Church at large....
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DISTRIBUTING TO THE NECESSITY OF SAINTS. — By “saints” is here
meant simply “Christians.” So, in Ephesians 1:1, we find the
salutation addressed to the “saints which are at Ephesus.” (Comp.
Acts 9:13;...
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CHAPTER 26
CHRISTIAN DUTY: DETAILS OF PERSONAL CONDUCT
Romans 12:8
ST. PAUL has set before us the life of surrender, of the "giving over"
of faculty to God, in one great preliminary aspect. The fair...
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ταῖς χρείαις τῶν ἁγίων κοινωνοῦντες
: “the saints” as in Romans 8:27; 1 Timothy 5:10 are Christians
generally. The curious variant ταῖς μνείαις “taking part
in the commemorations of the saints” dates...
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As far as any single idea pervades the rest of the chapter it is that
of the first words in Romans 12:9 : ἡ ἀγάπη
ἀνυπόκριτος. The passage as a whole has a strong affinity
to 1 Corinthians 13, and alo...
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LIVING AS A CHRISTIAN
Romans 12:9
In this section the Apostle shows how the great principle of
consecration must affect the details of conduct. It is most necessary
to insist on these practical issue...
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The word "therefore" links all that is now to be said with everything
that has gone before. Because of the grace of God, the believer is
called to certain attitudes and actions. The very first of thes...
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(s) Distributing to the (t) necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
(s) A true rule of charity, that we feel for other men's wants as we
do for our own, and having that feeling, to help them as mu...
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_Communicating [2] to the necessities of the saints. Making them
partakers of what you have, by relieving them. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Communicantes;_ Greek: koinonountes. Koinonein is often used...
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TWENTY-FIFTH PASSAGE (12:3-21). THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER AS A MEMBER
OF THE CHURCH.
The notion of consecration is still the prevailing one in this
passage. This consecration is realized in life: 1st,...
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The χαρίσματα, _gifts_, are different, as we have just seen.
But there is a gift which is at the root of all the rest, and which
ought to be common to all believers, that of all those who have no
othe...
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_“Distributing to the necessities of saints; eager to show
hospitality. Bless them that persecute you;bless and curse not.”_
The saints are not only the families of the church of Rome, but also
all th...
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to
us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of
faith; (7) Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he t...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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13._Communicating to the necessities, _(394) _etc. _He returns to the
duties of love; the chief of which is to do good to those from whom we
expect the least recompense. As then it commonly happens, t...
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The apostle resumes the thread of his instructions, by taking up as he
does in all his epistles the moral consequences of his doctrine. He
places the believer at the outset on the ground of God's merc...
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DISTRIBUTING TO THE NECESSITY OF SAINTS,.... Or "communicating", as
many versions render the word; "distributing" more properly belongs to
the officers of the church, the deacons, and communicating to...
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Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Ver. 13. _To the necessity_] Gr. χρειαις, to the uses of the
saints, not staying till they be in necessity....
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_Rejoicing in hope_ Of perfect holiness and everlasting happiness; or
_of the glory of God;_ (Romans 5:2;) and _of eternal life, Titus 1:2_;
_patient in tribulation_ To which you may be exposed for th...
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DISTRIBUTING TO THE NECESSITY OF SAINTS; supplying their wants.
GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY; accustomed to provide for needy travellers and
strangers, especially such as are laboring or suffering for Christ...
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The Christian's conduct in his personal relations:...
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DISTRIBUTING TO THE NECESSITY OF SAINTS; GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY....
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PRACTICAL RESPONSE IN BELIEVERS
Now Paul has completed his treatment of the subject of God's counsel
in reference to salvation - counsel accomplished by a hand of mercy.
What then is to be the proper...
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Love (agape) should be
Without dissimulation - hypocrisy, no pretense, not false love
Abhor evil - (pornos) bad, malicious, wicked, badness in quality or
character
Cleave to that which is good - be...
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Romans 12:13 communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to
hospitality.
'communicating' -'Contributing' (NASV), take an interest in,
share-give or contribute. share (Arndt p. 438). 'Thi...
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9-16 The professed love of Christians to each other should be
sincere, free from deceit, and unmeaning and deceitful compliments.
Depending on Divine grace, they must detest and dread all evil, and
l...
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NECESSITY; the word signifies uses. The saints must be succoured in
things useful, as well as necessary. This apostle, in his Second
Epistle to the Corinthians, spends two whole Chapter s about this s...
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communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
["Communicating" (koinoonountes) means, literally, to be or act as a
partner. Sometimes it means to receive (Romans 15:27; 1 Peter...
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Cyprian Epistle LIX
or our work will He say now, "I was captive, and ye redeemed me!" And
since again He says, "I was in prison, and ye came unto me," how much
more will it be when He begins to say, ...
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Romans 12:13 distributing G2841 (G5723) needs G5532 saints G40 given
G1377 (G5723) hospitality G5381
Distributing -...
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A CALL TO FULFIL THE LAW OF CHRIST AND OF THE SCRIPTURES. THE WORKING
OUT OF LOVE (12:9-21).
Having dealt with what was necessary for the edifying and upbuilding
of the body of Christ, Paul now turns...
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LOVE EXPRESSING ITSELF IN THE FAMILY OF BELIEVERS (12:10-13).
While the injunctions that follow in Romans 12:10 are not necessarily
to be limited to benefiting the family, it is clear that love for ou...
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A CALL TO MAKE REAL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED (12:1-15:33).
This section moves from the indicative to the imperative. Having
outlined the ways of God i...
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1). CHRISTIAN LIVING (12:1-13:14).
In this passage Paul calls on God's people so to present their bodies
as a living offering to God, through their having died with Christ and
risen with Him (Romans 6...
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‘Communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to (pursuing)
hospitality.'
And as pilgrims on life's journey (1 Peter 2:11) we are to aid our
fellow pilgrims en route, as we ensure the meeting...
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Romans 12:13. BEING SHARERS IN THE NECESSITIES OF THE SAINTS; taking
part in these necessities as your own; hence relieving them.
‘Communicating' is inexact, as also in Galatians 6:6; comp. Romans
15:...
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2. _Exhortation for all Christians_, _in their Personal Relations_,
_from Love of the Brethren to returning Good for Evil._
All the precepts of this section are based upon Christian love (Romans
12:9)...
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COMMUNICATING
(κοινωνουντες). "Contributing." From κοινωνεω for
which see 2 Corinthians 9:13. Paul had raised a great collection for
the poor saints in Jerusalem.GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY
(την φιλοξενι...
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Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren,_
Paul is a calm reasoner. He is a bold starer of truth, but here he
comes to pleading with us. I think that I see him lift the pen from
the paper and...
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CONTENTS: Christian life and service. Consecration to Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Since we have been justified through grace, by faith in
Christ, it is our first duty to surren...
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Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God._ Under the form of entreaty he now tenderly exhorts them, in
return for all the glory of redeeming love, to present their bodies...
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SHARE YOUR BELONGINGS. Galatians 6:10; Acts 2:44-45; Acts 6:1-7. OPEN
YOUR HOMES TO STRANGERS. The things in this verse were especially
important in the first century, when persecution often forced
Ch...
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_Distributing to the necessity of saints._
I. Who are the saints?
1. All that truly believe in Christ are sanctified.
2. All that profess to believe in Him (Philippians 1:1; Colossians
1:2; Revelati
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:13 HOSPITALITY was very important for early
Christians, because most of them could not afford to pay for lodging
when traveling.
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:1 God’s Righteousness in Everyday Life.
The gift of God’s saving righteousness leads to a new life. Paul
explains some practical results of God’s saving mercy....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 12:12. PATIENT IN TRIBULATION.—θλίψις, a pressing
together, pressure, from θλίβω, to press. So in Mark 3:9, “lest
they should throng Him.”
Romans 12:13.—Partaking of your good...
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EXPOSITION
VER. 1–CH. 14:23
III. HORTATORY. It is St. Paul's way to supplement his doctrinal
treatises with detailed practical directions as to the conduct that
should of necessity ensue on belief in...
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I beseech you therefore, brethren (Romans 12:1),
Because God has grafted you in, because you are partaking of the
fullness of that good tree. I beseech thee, because of these things,
that ye present...
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1 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 16:2; 1 John 3:17; 1 Peter 4:9;...
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Distributing [κ ο ι ν ω ν ο υ ν τ ε ς]. Rev.,
communicating to. The meaning is sharing in the necessities; taking
part in them as one's own. So Romans 14:27; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 John
1:11;...
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GOD'S CALL TO CONSECRATION
Romans 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Permit me to enlarge upon the expression, "THEREFORE." Our chapter
opens thus: "I beseech you THEREFORE, brethren, by the mercies of
God....
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The next duty exhorted to, is that of charity and alms-giving to the
poor members of Jesus Christ, especially when under persecution;
showing hospitality towards them, and giving entertainment to them...