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Verse Romans 12:12. _REJOICING IN HOPE_] Of that glory of God that to
each faithful follower of Christ shall shortly be revealed.
_PATIENT IN TRIBULATION_] Remembering that what you suffer as
Christi...
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REJOICING IN HOPE - That is, in the hope of eternal life and glory
which the gospel produces; see the notes at Romans 5:2.
PATIENT IN TRIBULATION - In affliction patiently enduring all that
maybe appo...
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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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HOPE. the hope. Compare 2 Timothy 2:13; 2 Timothy 2:13.
PATIENT. Greek. _hupomeno._ Compare Matthew 10:22; 1 Cori
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_Rejoicing in hope_ Better, IN RESPECT OF THE HOPE, REJOICING. Cp. ch.
Romans 5:2; where see note. On this holy gladness cp. also 1 Peter
1:3-9.
_patient_, &c. Better, IN RESPECT OF THE TRIBULATION, E...
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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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ΤΗ͂Ι ἘΛΠΊΔΙ ΧΑΊΡΟΝΤΕΣ. Cf. Romans 15:13; dat. =
because of your hope; their hope is motive of joy; and hope naturally
springs from the thought of the Spirit and the Lord; cf. Revelation
22:17.
ΤΗ͂Ι ΘΛ...
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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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ΤΉ ΈΛΠΊΔΙ (G1680) в надежде. _Dat._ является
loc., в точке надежды (EGT).
ΧΑΊΡΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΧΑ-ΊΡΩ (G5463)
радоваться, ликовать,
ΘΛΪ́ΨΙΣ (G2347) давление, гнет,
ΎΠΟΜΈΝΟΝΤΕΣ _praes....
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DISCOURSE: 1908
CHRISTIAN DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN EXPLAINED
Romans 12:9. _Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour
pre...
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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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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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INSTANT] RV 'stedfastly.'...
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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. Of...
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IN HOPE. — The Christian’s hope, of which we have had more in
Romans 8:20.
PATIENT IN TRIBULATION. — This virtue was, of course, specially
needed in the troublous times through which the Church was pa...
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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 fair...
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τῇ ἐλπίδι χαίροντες : the hope in which they are to
rejoice is that of Christians: _cf._ Romans 5:2. The meaning is
practically the same as in that passage, but the mental representation
is not. τῇ ἐλ...
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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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(7) Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in
prayer;
(7) He reckons up different virtues together with their effects, that
is, hope, patience in tribulation, evenness of mind,...
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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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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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“ _Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, persevering in
prayer._ ”
The fervor of devotion, referred to in Romans 12:11, has no more
powerful auxiliary than _joy;_ for joy disposes us to kindness...
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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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12._Rejoicing in hope, etc. _Three things are here connected together,
and seem in a manner to belong to the clause “serving the time;”
for the person who accommodates himself best to the time, and av...
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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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REJOICING IN HOPE,.... Of the glory of God, than the hope of which
nothing can make a believer more cheerful in this world; the saints'
joy is therefore called the "rejoicing of the hope", Hebrews 3:6...
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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in
prayer;
Ver. 12. _Rejoicing in hope_] Hope makes absent joys present, wants,
plenitudes, and beguiles calamity as good company doth th...
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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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IN HOPE; in hope of future glory.
INSTANT IN PRAYER; habitual, fervent, persevering in the duty....
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The Christian's conduct in his personal relations:...
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REJOICING IN HOPE; PATIENT IN TRIBULATION; CONTINUING INSTANT IN
PRAYER;...
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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 12:12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
stedfastly in prayer;
'Rejoicing in hope' -'Hope in future blessedness should be. source of
joy even in the midst of severe perse...
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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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REJOICING IN HOPE; i.e. in hope of deliverance here in due time, and
of eternal salvation hereafter: SEE POOLE ON "ROMANS 5:2". CONTINUING
INSTANT IN PRAYER; be instant and constant in the duty. A met...
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rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in
prayer [In this triplet the apostle directs the manner in which the
Christian life is to inwardly manifest its love toward God. The...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
(Again, your apostle says:) "Rejoicing in hope; "[683]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "Patient in tribulation."[685]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "Bless, a...
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Romans 12:12 rejoicing G5463 (G5723) hope G1680 patient G5278 (G5723)
tribulation G2347 steadfastly G4342 (G5723) p
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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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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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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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‘Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly
in prayer,'
Having spoken of the upward look (fervent in the Spirit, serving the
LORD), Paul now considers the forward look by which...
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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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Romans 12:12. IN HOPE, REJOICING. The hope, _i.e._, the thing hoped
for, is the ground rather than the object of the joy.
IN TRIBULATION, PATIENT, _i.e.,_ steadfast as usually. This clause
follows,...
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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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PATIENT IN TRIBULATION
(τη θλιψε υπομενοντες). So soon this virtue became a
mark of the Christians....
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Romans 12:12
In the widest sense the injunction of the text lays upon us these
things: (1) The habitual maintenance of a prayerful spirit; (2) the
duty of embracing opportunities for prayer; (3) the...
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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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LET YOUR HOPE KEEP YOU JOYFUL. The _evidence_ of the Holy Spirit
living in the Christian is: faith, hope, and love. From heaven's view,
they are the supreme miracles of divine grace. BE PATIENT IN YOU...
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_Rejoicing in hope._
I. What is it to rejoice?
1. Negatively--
(1) Not to have the senses pleased.
(2) Nor does it consist in the imagination.
2. Positively; it consists in--
(1) The removal of...
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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 12:11.—In your haste be not idle, in your business be not
lazy. As to your zeal, being not indolent; fervent in spirit, taking
advantage of opportunity. The Syriac, Arabic, and...
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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 13:13; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 1 Peter 1:
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Continuing instant [π ρ ο σ κ α ρ τ ε ρ ο υ ν τ ε ς].
Compare Acts 1:4; Acts 6:4. Rev., steadfastly for instant, which has
lost its original sense of urgent (Latin, instare to press upon). Thus
Latime...
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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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Rejoicing in hope — Of perfect holiness and everlasting happiness.
Hitherto of faith and love; now of hope also, see the fifth and eighth
chapters; afterwards of duties toward others; saints, Romans 1...
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The apostle next directs the converted Romans how they should manage
themselves under afflictions; namely, to endure them patiently, to
rejoice in hope of present deliverance, or future happiness; and...