Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Romans 12:18
εἰ δυνατόν, τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν κ.τ.λ. If it is possible, at least as far as depends on yourselves. The accumulation of conditions emphasises the difficulty of the precepts; cf. Field.
εἰ δυνατόν, τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν κ.τ.λ. If it is possible, at least as far as depends on yourselves. The accumulation of conditions emphasises the difficulty of the precepts; cf. Field.
Verse 18. _IF IT BE POSSIBLE_] To live in a state of peace with one's neighbours, friends, and even family, is often very difficult. But the man who loves God must labour after this, for it is indisp...
IF IT BE POSSIBLE - If it can be done. This expression implies that it could not always be done. Still it should be an object of desire; and we should endeavor to obtain it. AS MUCH AS LIETH IN YOU -...
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...
Bless those who persecute you; bless them and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Keep your thoughts from pride; and neve...
THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
AS... YOU. literally as is of (App-104.) you. LIVE PEACEABLY. be at peace. Greek. _eireneuo_. Only here, Mark 9:50. 2Co 13:11. 1 Thessalonians 5:13....
_If it be possible_, &c. Cp. Hebrews 12:14; and see 1 Peter 3:9-13. _as much as lieth in you_ Lit. AS REGARDS WHAT IS ON YOUR SIDE; "_you_" being emphatic here: q. d., "Let the peace, if broken, be br...
ΕΊΡΗΝΕΎΟΝΤΕΣPRAES. _act. part. от_ ΕΊΡΗΝΕΎΩ (G1514) быть мирным, жить в мире. О гл. с этим суффиксом, который выражает идею "образа бытия, поведения или действия" _см._ МН. 400....
_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...
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. IF IT BE POSSIBLE (I:E., IF OTHERS WILL LET YOU), AS MUCH AS LIETH IN YOU, [ to (G3588 ) ex (G1537 ) humoon...
__ 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...
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...
The Christian can only be responsible for himself. So far as he is concerned, he is to do his best to maintain peace. The history of St. Paul himself, which is one of almost constant conflict, shows t...
(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....
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...
εἰ δυνατὸν : _cf._ Matthew 24:24. τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν : for what depends on you. _Cf._ Romans 1:15. Over others' conduct we have no control; but the initiative in disturbing the peace is never to lie with the...
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...
_If it be possible,....have peace with all. That is, if it can be without prejudice to truth or justice, &c. And even when others wrong you, seek not to revenge yourself, but leave you cause to God. D...
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 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...
“ _Recompensing to no man evil for evil; being preoccupied with good in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, living peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenging not yo...
This spirit of goodwill is necessarily _pacific;_ not only does it not do nor mediate anything which can trouble, but it strives to remove what disunites. The first restriction: _if it be possible_, r...
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...
_RESENTMENT_ ‘If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.’ Romans 12:18 Not with all Christians, you observe, but with all men. They were to act as leaven in the world,...
18._If it be possible, etc. _Peaceableness and a life so ordered as to render us beloved by all, is no common gift in a Christian. If we desire to attain this, we must not only be endued with perfect...
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...
IF IT BE POSSIBLE, AS MUCH AS LIETH IN YOU, LIVE PEACEABLY,.... Or be at peace, seek after peace, pursue it, and cultivate it: WITH ALL MEN; with those that we are immediately concerned with, in a na...
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Ver. 18. _As much as lieth in you_] Let it not stick on your part. Give not offence carelessly, take not offence causelessly....
_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...
AS MUCH AS LIETH IN YOU; as far as you can consistently with duty, cultivate a peaceful temper, and seek to live in peace....
IF IT BE POSSIBLE, AS MUCH AS LIETH IN YOU, LIVE PEACEABLY WITH ALL MEN....
The Christian's relation to his enemies:...
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...
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...
__ Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. 'as much as in you lieth' -'So far as it depends on you' (NASV). 'If peace does not come about, says Paul, let i...
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...
The duty to which he exhorts in this verse, is a peaceable and quiet behaviour towards all men, as well infidels as Christians; those who are bad, as well as those who are good. The like exhortations...
If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. [It takes two to live at peace. So far as the Christian is concerned, the rule of peace is absolute. He must stir up no needless o...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "Live peaceably with all men."[694]...
Romans 12:18 If G1487 possible G1415 depends G1537 you G5216 peaceably G1514 (G5723) with G3326 all G3956 men...
‘Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honourable in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as in you lies, be at peace with all men.' We might summarise these injunctions...
COMMANDS TO LOVE ALL (12:14-18). Having looked at the needs of believers, Paul now turns his attention to the need for those who have experienced the mercies of God to demonstrate love towards all men...
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...
Romans 12:18. IF IT BE POSSIBLE, AT MUCH AT DEPENDETH ON YOU; not, ‘if you _can,'_ but if it be possible, if others allow you to do so, BE AT PEACE WITH ALL MEN. That this is sometimes impossible, the...
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)...
AS MUCH AS IN YOU LIETH (το εξ υμων). Accusative of general reference, "so far as what proceeds from you" ("the from you part"). See το κατ' εμε in Romans 1:15. This phrase explains "if it be possib...
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...
DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. Sometimes it is impossible, but it must never be the Christian who is at fault. Compare Matthew 5:9....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:17 REPAY NO ONE EVIL.... VENGEANCE IS MINE. This alludes to Jesus’ teaching (Matthew 5:39)....
_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...
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 7:15; 1 Peter 3:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:13; 2 Corinthians 13:11;...
If it be possible. Not if you can, but if others will allow. The phrase is explained by as much as lieth in you [τ ο ε ξ υ μ ω ν], lit., as to that which proceeds from you, or depends on you. "All you...
Observe here, 1. The duty directed and exhorted to, namely, peaceableness; LIVE PEACABLY, that is, be of. peaceable temper, and follow those things which make for peace. Observe, 2. The extent and la...