Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 12:8
He that presideth — That hath the care of a flock. He that showeth mercy — In any instance. With cheerfulness — Rejoicing that he hath such an opportunity.
He that presideth — That hath the care of a flock. He that showeth mercy — In any instance. With cheerfulness — Rejoicing that he hath such an opportunity.
Verse Romans 12:8. _OR HE THAT EXHORTETH_] Ὁ παρακαλων, The person who admonished and reprehended the unruly or disorderly; and who supported the weak and comforted the penitents, and those who were...
HE THAT EXHORTETH - This word properly denotes one who urges to the practical duties of religion, in distinction from one who teaches its doctrines. One who presents the warnings and the promises of G...
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)...
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...
EXHORTETH. App-134. EXHORTATION. Greek. _paraklesis._ See Acts 4:36. GIVETH. See Romans 1:11. SIMPLICITY. Greek. _haplotes._ Elsewhere, 2 Corinthians 1:12. 2Co 8:2....
_he that exhorteth_ Here again a special division of Christian work is alluded to. The "exhortation" was, perhaps, a department of the speaking-duty of the Church less elaborate than the "teaching;" m...
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...
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...
Ὁ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ͂Ν. S. Paul is not thinking only of gifts qualifying for office, but of all gifts which help the society and its members. So here of the gift of stimulus or encouragement, especially in the...
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870), _см._ Romans 12:1. ΜΕΤΑΔΙΔΟΫ́Σ _praes. act. part. от_ ΜΕΤΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3330) давать, делиться с кем-л. Part, в роли _subst._ ΆΠΛΌΤΗΤΙ _dat. sing. от_...
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...
HE THAT RULETH, WITH DILIGENCE— Lord Barrington thinks this clause relates to the receiving and succouring of strangers; most probably, persecuted strangers; or, however, such as travelled for the pro...
_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,...
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. OR HE THAT EXHORTETH. Since all preach...
__ 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...
12:8 simplicity; (m-11) Or 'with liberality;' from 'giving without hesitation,' or 'not avoiding to give on false excuses,' it has come to mean 'readily and liberally.'...
SIMPLICITY] i.e. without selfish aim; RV 'liberality.' RULETH] lit. 'presideth,' i.e. in the Church or the family: cp. 1 Thessalonians 5:12; 1 Timothy 3:4.; 1 Timothy 5:17....
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...
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...
HE THAT EXHORTETH. — It will be observed that in the apostolic writings, the one idea of “preaching” is divided into its several branches, “speaking with tongues,” “prophesying” (which appears to have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Or he that (n) exhorteth, on exhortation: he that (o) giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that (p) ruleth, with diligence; he that (q) sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. (n) Who in other passa...
“ _Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us [let us exercise them], whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith; or ministry, in ministering; or he that teache...
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,...
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...
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...
8._Or he who gives, let him do so in simplicity, etc. _From the former clauses we have clearly seen, that he teaches us here the legitimate use of God’s gifts. By the μεταδιδούντοις, _the givers, _of...
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...
OR HE THAT EXHORTETH, ON EXHORTATION,.... This is the other branch of prophesying or preaching, and which is more practical, and lies in giving a word of exhortation to the saints, as their particular...
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, _let him do it_ with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Ver. 8. _Or he that exhorteth_] The pa...
_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...
GIVETH; for the relief of others. WITH SIMPLICITY; singleness of aim, purity of motive, without selfish ends. RULETH; directeth the concerns of the church. SHOWETH MERCY; by attending on and assist...
OR HE THAT EXHORTS, ON EXHORTATION; HE THAT GIVETH, LET HIM DO IT WITH SIMPLICITY; HE THAT RULES, WITH DILIGENCE; HE THAT SHOWETH MERCY, WITH CHEERFULNESS. The general exhortation of the first verses...
The proper use of God's gifts of mercy:...
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...
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...
GIVETH: Or, imparteth WITH SIMPLICITY: Or, liberally...
OR HE THAT EXHORTETH, TO HIS EXHORTING: HE THAT GIVETH, LET HIM DO IT WITH LIBERALITY; HE THAT RULETH, WITH DILIGENCE; HE THAT SHOWETH MERCY, WITH CHEERFULNESS. 'exhorteth' -3870. parakaleo par-ak-al...
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...
EXHORTATION: see the notes on the foregoing verse. HE THAT GIVETH, LET HIM DO IT WITH SIMPLICITY; i.e. he that hath the office of collecting and distributing the church alms, (which was the deacons wo...
or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality [Exhortation is addressed to the feeling as teaching is to the understanding. It is used to stir or excite people,...
Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Second This service, then, if accomplished in simplicity, is glorious with God. He, therefore, who thus ministers in simplicity, will live to God.[4] Shepherd of Herma...
Romans 12:8 G1535 exhorts G3870 (G5723) in G1722 exhortation G3874 gives G3330 (G5723) with G1722 liberality...
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...
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...
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...
‘Or he who exhorts, (let him give himself) to his exhorting, he who gives, (let him do it) with liberality, he who rules, with diligence, he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.' Exhortation and encour...
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...
Romans 12:8. OR HE THAT EXHORTETH, ON EXHORTATION, lit., ‘the exhortation,' which is his sphere. ‘Teaching' was directed to the understanding; ‘exhortation,' rather to the heart and will. The exhorter...
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...
IF IT IS TO ENCOURAGE _OTHERS._ Acts 4:36; Acts 9:26-27. WHOEVER SHARES. 2 Corinthians 9:11-13. Authority. 1 Peter 5:1
_Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us._ GIFTS OF GRACE 1. Their common source. 2. Diverse character. 3. Liberal distribution. 4. Faithful exercise. 5. Happy inf...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:7 Christians should use the gifts God has given them, whether in SERVING others, TEACHING God’s Word, or in EXHORTATION and encouragement....
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 12:5.—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...
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 12:28; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Peter 4:9; 1 Peter 5:2;...
Exhortation. Aimed at the heart and will. See on consolation, Luke 6:24. Compare 1 Corinthians 14:3; Acts 4:36, where Rev. gives son of exhortation. He that giveth [ο μ ε τ α δ ι δ ο υ ς]. Earthly pos...
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....