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ROMANS 12:17 evnw,pion pa,ntwn
Under the influence of Proverbs 3:4 and 2 Corinthians 8:21 several
witnesses expand by prefixing evnw,pion tou/ qeou/ kai, (Ac) or ouv
mo,non evnw,pion tou/ qeou/ avlla...
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Verse 17. _RECOMPENSE_, c.] Do not take notice of every little injury
you may sustain. Do not be _litigious_. Beware of too nice a sense of
your own honour intolerable pride is at the bottom of this....
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RECOMPENSE - Render, give, or return; see the note at Matthew 5:39.
This is probably one of the most difficult precepts of Christianity;
but the law of Christ on the subject is unyielding. It is a sol...
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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.). T...
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THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
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NO MAN. no one. Greek. _medeis._
EVIL. App-128.
FOR. App-104.
PROVIDE. Take thought beforehand. Greek. _pronoeo._ Only here, 2
Corinthians 8:21; 1 Timothy 5:8. See Proverbs 3:4 (Septuagint)
HONEST....
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_Recompense to no man_, &c. Matthew 5:39; 1 Thessalonians 5:15, (a
pregnant parallel to this context;) 1 Peter 3:9.
_Provide things honest_ Lit. THINKING BEFOREHAND HONOURABLE THINGS;
using forethoug...
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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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ΑΠΟΔΊΔΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΠΟΔΊΔΩΜΙ
(G591) отдавать, возвращать, возмещать
(ВВС),
ΠΡΟΝΟΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. part. от_ ΠΡΟΝΟΈΩ
(G4306) обдумывать заранее,
рассматривать, беспокоиться о (Godet...
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PROVIDE THINGS HONEST, &C.— "Take care that your behaviour be such,
as may be approved by all men." Dr. Wells reads,—_In the sight of
God, and in the sight of men._...
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_TEXT_
Romans 12:17-21. Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for
things honorable in the sight of all men. Romans 12:18 If it be
possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. Ro...
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Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the
sight of all men.
RECOMPENSE ('RECOMPENSING') TO NO MAN EVIL FOR EVIL (see the note at
Romans 12:14).
PROVIDE ('PROVIDING') THING...
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The Conduct of the Saints
14 The conduct of the saints in any given economy is based on God's
dispensation. If He dispenses law, He requires conduct in accord with
law. Mercy calls for a higher s...
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12:17 providing (e-8) Taking care by forethought that there should be
what is comely and seemly. See 'forethought,' ch. 13.14; 2 Corinthians
8:21 ....
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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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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. Off...
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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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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 fai...
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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 issu...
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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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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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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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17._Repaying to no one, etc. _This differs but little from what
shortly after follows, except that revenge is more than the kind of
repaying of which he speaks here; for we render evil for evil
someti...
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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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RECOMPENCE TO NO MAN EVIL FOR EVIL,.... Neither evil words for evil
words, railing for railing; nor evil deeds for evil deeds, one ill
turn for another; nor the evil of punishment for the evil of faul...
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Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight
of all men.
Ver. 17. _Recompense to no man_] In reason, revenge is but justice;
Aristotle commends it, the world calls it manhoo...
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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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RECOMPENSE TO NO MAN; do no evil to any one, because he does evil to
you.
THINGS HONEST IN THE SIGHT OF ALL MEN; things that are right, lovely,
and of good report, as the original word implies. Condu...
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RECOMPENSE TO NO MAN EVIL FOR EVIL. PROVIDE THINGS HONEST IN THE SIGHT
OF ALL MEN....
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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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Be of the same mind
A. We have not changed subjects
B. Started in verse 2 "renewed mind"
C. Verse 3 - "How we ought to think"
D. All the commands in vs. 9-15 = SAME MIND
Condescend - to move down...
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Romans 12:17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things
honorable in the sight of all men.
'render' -'pay back' (NASV), 'Never return injury for injury' (TCNT)
'NO MAN' -emphatic, t...
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17-21 Since men became enemies to God, they have been very ready to
be enemies one to another. And those that embrace religion, must
expect to meet with enemies in a world whose smiles seldom agree w...
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RECOMPENSE TO NO MAN EVIL FOR EVIL; our Saviour teacheth the same
doctrine in other words, MATTHEW 5:39,40: see parallel places in
PROVERBS 20:22 1 THESSALONIANS 5:15 1 PETER 3:9. See more against
ret...
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Render to no man evil for evil. [Quoted from the Sermon on the Mount
(Matthew 5:38-48). The precept bids us reject the lex talionis, and
live contrary to it: it commands us to eschew both the spirit a...
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Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
And let the presbyters be compassionate and merciful to all, bringing
back those that wander, visiting all the sick, and not neglecting the
widow, the orphan, o...
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Romans 12:17 Repay G591 (G5723) one G3367 evil G2556 for G473 evil
G2556 regard G4306 (G5734) things G2570 sight G1799 all G3956 men G444
Recompense - Romans 12:19; Proverbs 20:22; Matthew 5:39
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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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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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RENDER TO NO MAN
(μηδεν αποδιδοντες). "Giving back to no man."
Independent participle again.EVIL FOR EVIL
(κακον αντ κακου). Directly opposite to the law of
retaliation of the Pharisees as in Mat...
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Romans 12:16
Our Duty to Equals.
I. While the compassionate view of man, as compared with the ordinary
view of him in his health and strength as a flourishing member of this
world, is characterised b...
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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 surre...
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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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DO NOT PAY HIM BACK WITH EVIL. Our human nature wants revenge! It may
be hard to return good for evil, _but it is required,_ and the rewards
are great. _See_ John 13:35 and note. TRY TO DO. See Matthe...
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_Recompense to no man evil for evil._
NON-RETALIATION
I. What evils are we not to recompense?
1. Not to hate others because they hate us (Matthew 5:44).
2. Not to curse others because they curse u...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:17 REPAY NO ONE EVIL.... VENGEANCE IS MINE.
This alludes to Jesus’ teaching (Matthew 5:39).
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 12:17.—Provide things honest, handsome, beautiful, useful,
profitable, in the sight of men. Remove every reasonable ground of
suspicion. Wear the white flower of a blameless l...
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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 13:4; 1 Corinthians 13:5; 1 Corinthians 6:6; 1
Corinthians 6:7; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 3:9; 1
Thessalonians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:15
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Provide [π ρ ο ν ο ο υ μ ε ν ο ι]. The A. V. uses provide
in its earlier and more literal meaning of taking thought in advance.
This has been mostly merged in the later meaning of furnish, so that
the...
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Provide — Think beforehand; contrive to give as little offence as
may be to any....
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By EVIL here, we are to understand wrongs and private injuries; by NOT
RECOMPENSING them, is meant not revenging them. Corrupt nature is very
prone to return wrong for wrong, one ill turn for another,...