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Verse Romans 12:5. _SO WE, BEING MANY_] We who are members of the
Church of Christ, which is considered the _body_ of which he is the
_head_, have various offices assigned to us, according to the mea...
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SO WE, BEING MANY - We who are Christians, and who are numerous as
individuals.
ARE ONE BODY - Are united together, constituting one society, or one
people, mutually dependent, and having the same gre...
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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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For, through the grace that has been given to me, I say to everyone
among you, not to have a mind proud beyond that which a mind should
be, but to have a mind directed towards wisdom, as God has given...
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CHRIST. App-98.
EVERY ONE. severally. Greek. _kath_. (App-104. x) _heis_....
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ΟἹ ΠΟΛΛΟῚ Κ.Τ.Λ. We who are many, being in Christ, are
one body; cf. Romans 8:1-10. The connexion of the individual with
Christ, made in baptism, is a connexion of life, given by the presence
of His l...
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The connexion seems to lie in the emphasis just laid upon mind as the
instrument of the formation of the new character. This leads to the
charge to keep that mind in the attitude and quality proper to...
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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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ΟΊ ΠΟΛΛΟΊ. Семитское устойчивое
выражение со _знач._ "все"; здесь: вся
община верующих (Dunn),
ΚΑΘ' ΕΊΣ (G3196; G1520) что касается каждого.
Вторая идиома с предлогом должна
восприниматься как наречи...
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DISCOURSE: 1907
CHRISTIANS ARE ALL MEMBERS OF ONE BODY
Romans 12:4. As we have many members in one body, and all members have
not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and
every...
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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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So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one
of another.
SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST, AND EVERY ONE - [ ho
(G3588) de (G1161) kath' (G2596) eis ...
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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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ONE BODY] cp. 1 Corinthians 12:12.; Ephesians 4:15.; Colossians 1:18....
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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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In the church there must be a graduation, a hierarchy, a division of
labour, every one doing that for which he is best fitted, just as in
the body one member has one office assigned to it, and another...
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IN CHRIST. — Christ is the unifying principle in the Church, just as
the personality or will is the unifying principle in man.
EVERY ONE. — A somewhat peculiar phrase in the Greek, not found in
this...
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CHAPTER 25
CHRISTIAN CONDUCT THE ISSUE OF CHRISTIAN TRUTH
Romans 12:1
AGAIN we may conjecture a pause, a long pause and deliberate, in the
work of Paul and Tertius. We have reached the end, generall...
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The duties of members of the Church as such: avoidance of
self-exaltation, and mutual service in the measure of the gift
bestowed on each. λέγω γάρ : the γὰρ indicates that
“humility is the immediate...
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DEVOTING SELF AND USING GIFTS
Romans 12:1
_ Therefore_ links this practical appeal to the whole of the sublime
argument, which reaches its climax in the previous chapter. It is
easier to die once for...
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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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“ _For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not
the same office; so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and
severally members one of another._ ”
The organization of the huma...
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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 natural tendency of man is to exalt himself. Here is the first
point at which the will of God, discerned by the renewed mind of the
believer, impresses on his conduct a completely opposite charact...
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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. (2) And be not conformed to this...
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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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_UNITY_
‘For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not
the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every
one members one of another.’
Romans 12:4
It is one o...
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_‘MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER’_
‘So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members
one of another.’
Romans 12:5
There are some moral and spiritual truths which it seems to be almost
impos...
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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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SO WE BEING MANY ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST,.... This is the application
of the above simile. The chosen of God, the redeemed of Christ, and
those that are justified by his righteousness, and sanctified b...
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So we, _being_ many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one
of another.
Ver. 5. _One body in Christ_] _See Trapp on "_ 1Co 12:12 _"_ _See
Trapp on "_ 1Co 12:13 _"_
And every one members]...
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_For as we have many members_ The apostle proceeds to illustrate his
advice by a comparison taken from the members of the human body. _All
members have not the same office_ But different members are a...
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WE; Christians.
ONE BODY IN CHRIST; he is the head, and we are the members of his one
body. The perfection of each member and of the whole body of Christ,
depends, not upon all being alike, or doing...
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The proper use of God's gifts of mercy:...
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SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST, AND EVERY ONE MEMBERS ONE
OF ANOTHER....
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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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Many members - segments, parts, organs, structures, components,
elements
We are still one body - not many bodies
Office = function, job, objective, purpose, use to the body, role,
duty
5 We = the c...
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SO WE, WHO ARE MANY, ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST, AND SEVERALLY MEMBERS ONE
OF ANOTHER.
'Severally' -'Individually' (NASV)
Points to Note:
1. 'A further safeguard against pride is found in the fact tha...
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3-8 Pride is a sin in us by nature; we need to be cautioned and armed
against it. All the saints make up one body in Christ, who is the Head
of the body, and the common Centre of their unity. In the...
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SEE POOLE ON "RO 1 2: 4 ...
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so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one
of another. [As God gives to each member of the human body its several
function for the good of the whole body, so he distributed...
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1 Clement
Why do we divide and tear in pieces the members of Christ, and raise
up strife against our own body, and have reached such a height of
madness as to forget that "we are members one of anoth...
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Romans 12:5 so G3779 we G2070 many G4183 are G2070 (G5748) one G1520
body G4983 in G1722 Christ...
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‘For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members
have not the same office, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ,
and severally members one of another.'
There is a clear resemb...
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EACH MEMBER IS TO PLAY HIS APPROPRIATE PART IN BUILDING UP CHRIST'S
BODY (12:3-8).
In Romans 11:16 God was seen as ministering to His people in
establishing and building up the olive tree which repres...
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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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Romans 12:5. SO WE, THE MANY, not, ‘ _being_ many,' but ‘the
many,' like the many members of the body, ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST (see
marginal references).
AND SEVERALLY, etc. The phrase is very unusual...
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1. _Practical Theme; Duties according to special Gifts._
The theme is fully stated in Romans 12:1-2; then follows an
exhortation to humility (Romans 12:3-5), which introduces the special
reference to...
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AND SEVERALLY
(το δε καθ' εις). A difficult late idiom where the
preposition καθ' (κατα) is treated adverbially with no effect
on the nominative case εις like υπερ εγω (2 Corinthians
11:23). So εις...
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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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IN THE SAME WAY. Christians form one body or messianic community under
the rule of Christ who is the head. WE ARE ALL JOINED TO EACH OTHER.
Just as the parts of our natural body are joined together. E...
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_For as we have many members in one body._
ST. PAUL’S VIEW OF LIFE
How comprehensively he surveys the whole range of human action and
conduct! He starts from the consideration of men as constituting...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:4 The diversity and unity of the church is
compared to the human body. (See also 1 Corinthians 12:1 and...
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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 12:5.—We are knit together in Christ, as the head in the
organic life.
Romans 12:6.—Prophesying is both foretelling and forthtelling. Hence
preaching and expounding make the p...
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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 10:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:20; 1
Corinthians 12:27;...
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Being many [ο ι π ο λ λ ο ι]. Lit., the many. Rev., better,
who are many. Every one [τ ο δ ε κ α θ ε ι ς]. The literal
phrase can only be rendered awkwardly : and as to what is true
according to one;...
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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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So we — All believers. Are one body — Closely connected together
in Christ, and consequently ought to be helpful to each other....