John Trapp Complete Commentary
Romans 12:13
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.
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.
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...
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...
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 .)...
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...
THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
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...
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...
_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...
ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΧΡΕΊΑΙΣ. Cf. Acts 28:10; Philippians 2:25; Philippians 4:16; Philippians 4:19;...
The urgency of the times calls for the new character in man....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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...
__ 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...
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...
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...
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...
(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....
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
_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...
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...
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,...
_“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
DISTRIBUTING TO THE NECESSITY OF SAINTS; GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY....
The Christian's conduct in his personal relations:...
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...
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...
__ 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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
Romans 12:13 distributing G2841 (G5723) needs G5532 saints G40 given G1377 (G5723) hospitality G5381 Distributing -...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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
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. ⇐
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....
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 16:2; 1 John 3:17; 1 Peter 4:9;...
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;...
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....
Communicate to the necessities of the saints — Relieve all Christians that are in want. It is remarkable, that the apostle, treating expressly of the duties flowing from the communion of saints, yet n...
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...