Romans 12:7

ministry ministering Lit. whether service, in the service. The word rendered "ministry" is diaconia;(same word as Romans 11:13, where it means the apostolicservice). It is a largely inclusive word; the main fixed idea being that of active, "practical," duty in the Church, of whatever kind or degree. Almost any work other than that of inspired utterance, or miracle-working, may be included in it here. "In the service:" i.e. "let us be really in it;devoted to it." So "in the teaching," "in the exhortation," just below. In 1 Timothy 4:15, the Gr. rendered "Give thyself wholly to them," is lit. "Be inthese things."

he that teacheth In 1 Corinthians 12:28-29, (see too Ephesians 4:11,) "teachers" are mentioned as a class of commissioned workers in the Church. Perhaps they were specially the expositorsof revealed truth; those who devoted themselves to explaining the application (to belief and practice) of the Scriptures and of the apostolic preaching.

on teaching Lit. in the teaching. See last note but one.