Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Romans 12:3
Here is how we ought to think:
A. Not think highly of yourself.
B. Soberly - into + right mind, sober minded, controlled in thinking, think under pressure
C. As God has given you faith.
Here is how we ought to think:
A. Not think highly of yourself.
B. Soberly - into + right mind, sober minded, controlled in thinking, think under pressure
C. As God has given you faith.
Verse Romans 12:3. _THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME_] By the grace given St. Paul most certainly means his apostolical _office_, by which he had the _authority_, not only to preach the Gospel, but al...
FOR I SAY - The word “for” shows that the apostle is about to introduce some additional considerations to enforce what he had just said, or to show how we may evince a mind that is not conformed to th...
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...
THROUGH. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Romans 12:1. GRACE. Greek. _charis_ App-184. MAN. one. THINK... MORE HIGHLY. think overweeningly. Greek. _huperphroneo._ Only here. THAN. in comparison with (Greek....
_the grace given unto me_ His qualifications as an Apostle; inspired authority as the Lord's messenger and interpreter. See Romans 1:5; Romans 15:15-16. Cp. also 1Co 3:10; 1 Corinthians 15:10;...
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...
ΓᾺΡ enforces the charge just given by a description of the right temper of mind for men in their circumstances. ΔΙᾺ ΤΗ͂Σ Χ., ‘on the authority of’; cf. 1; 1 Thessalonians 4:2, and perhaps 1 Timothy 4:...
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...
ΔΟΘΕΊΣΗΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΟΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть. Part, в роли _subst. Dat._ как косвенное дополнение. ΎΠΕΡΦΡΟΝΕΪ́Ν _praes. inf. act. от_ ΎΠΕΡΦΡΟΝΈ...
DISCOURSE: 1906 SOBRIETY OF MIND ENJOINED Romans 12:3. _For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to...
FOR I SAY, &C.— "I say and give it in charge:" So λεγειν signifies, Acts 15:24. Instead of _Not to think of himself more highly,_ Doddridge reads, after Raphelius, _Not to arrogate to himself above wh...
_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,...
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man...
__ 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...
12:3 wise, (l-37) So as to have a sober judgment, 'to think soberly,' as 'sensible,' Luke 8:35 ....
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...
GRACE] cp. Romans 1:5. FAITH] Faith is God's gift, and is of differing power and character, carrying with it differing 'gifts' (Romans 12:6), i.e. capacities of Christian service....
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...
Having thus stated the broad principle which is to govern the conduct of the Christian, the Apostle now goes on to apply it to certain details, and, first, his object is to secure that temper in the m...
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...
(3) For I (g) say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not (h) to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think (i) soberly, according as God hath de...
To be wise unto sobriety. Not pretending to be more wise, or more knowing than you are. --- As God hath divided to every one the measure of faith. The sense by what follows is, that every one make the...
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...
“ _For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to aspire beyond that to which he ought to lay claim; but to aspire to regulate himself, according to the measure of...
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (2) And be not conformed to this...
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...
_HUMILITY_ ‘I say … to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think.’ Romans 12:3 Humility is the pre-eminent Christian virtue. Pagan teachers required the...
3._For I say, through the grace, etc. _If you think not the causal particle superfluous, this verse will not be unsuitably connected with the former; for since he wished that our whole study should be...
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...
FOR I SAY, THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME,.... The Ethiopic version reads, the grace of God: and so two of Stephens's copies. By which the apostle intends, not that internal grace which was wrought i...
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think _of himself_ more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man...
_For I say_ As if he had said, You must be renewed, in order that you may walk as it is your indispensable duty and great privilege to do. He proceeds to show what that will of God is, which he had ju...
THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME; by virtue of my apostolic office, for which the grace of God has furnished me. TO THINK SOBERLY; by forming a just estimate of himself and his gifts, as compared with...
FOR I SAY, THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME, TO EVERY MAN THAT IS AMONG YOU, NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK, BUT TO THINK SOBERLY, ACCORDING AS GOD HATH DEALT TO EVERY MAN T...
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...
SOBERLY: _ Gr._ to sobriety...
FOR. 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 TO THINK AS TO THINK SOBERLY, ACCORDING AS GOD HATH DEALT...
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...
Before he exhorted to a holy life in general, now he comes to more particular exhortations. I SAY; i.e. I enjoin and command; see GALATIANS 5:16. I do not only beseech you, as ROMANS 12:1, but I also...
[Having defined the faith-life as sacrificial and sanctified, the apostle next points out the principal virtues which it must manifest in the several spheres of its activities. The first sphere is the...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V For this cause also the apostle says, "Be not wise beyond what it is fitting to be wise, but be wise prudently,"[177] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Here...
Romans 12:3 For G1063 say G3004 (G5719) through G1223 grace G5485 given G1325 (G5685) me G3427 everyone...
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...
‘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, according as God has d...
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...
Romans 12:3. FOR I SAY, ‘The special _requirement_ which he is now to make serves in fact by way of _confirmation_ to the general exhortation of Romans 12:2 ' (Meyer). THROUGH THE GRACE THAT WAS GIVE...
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...
NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK (μη υπερφρονειν παρ' ο δε φρονειν). Indirect negative command after λεγω (I say). Play on the two infinitives φρονειν, to think, and υπερφρ...
GRACE Grace (imparted). (Romans 12:3); (Romans 12:6); (Romans 15:15); (Romans 6:1); ...
Romans 12:3 Self-Appreciation. I. Every man's view of himself is meant to be a correct deliberate thing, according to the facts of the case neither degrading himself too low, nor vaunting himself to...
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...
AND BECAUSE OF GOD'S GRACIOUS GIFT TO ME. His authority as an apostle. DO NOT THINK OF YOURSELVES MORE HIGHLY. Spiritual gifts were likely as much of a problem (or would be a problem) as at Corinth. R...
_For I say … to every man._ ., not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. NEEDFUL COUNSEL I. We must not think too highly of ourselves, especially of-- 1. Our knowledge (Jeremiah...
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 12:3.—Those who possess special gifts must be humble and seek a sober mind. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 12:3_ Self-glorified and God-dishonoured.—_Self-help_ i...
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 12:7; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 4:7;...
Not to think, etc. The play upon fronein to think and its compounds is very noticeable. " Not to be high - minded (hyperphronein) above what he ought to be minded (phronein), but to be minded (phronei...
A GOD-PLANNED LIFE Ephesians 2:8; _Romans 12:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read of Epaphras that he prayed for the saints that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. The will of G...
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....
And I say — He now proceeds to show what that will of God is. Through the grace which is given to me — He modestly adds this, lest he should seem to forget his own direction. To every one that is amon...
The apostle having exhorted to an holy life in general, ver.. and to. spiritual renovation of mind, in order to it, ver.. comes now to. close exhortation to more particular duties; the first of which...