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CHAPTER XII.
_Such displays of God's mercy as Jews and Gentiles have received_
_should induce them to consecrate themselves to Him; and not be_
_conformed to the world_, 1, 2.
_Christians are exho...
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I BESEECH YOU - The apostle, having finished the argument of this
Epistle, proceeds now to close it with a practical or hortatory
application, showing its bearing on the duties of life, and the
practi...
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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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ROMANS 12:1 F. PRACTICAL HOLINESS. On his doctrine Paul grounds a
moral homily.
Romans 12:1. Therefore covers the entire previous teaching. The
compassions of God link this paragraph to the last: the...
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Brothers, I call upon you, by the mercies of God, to present your
bodies to him, a living, consecrated sacrifice, well-pleasing to
God--for that is the only kind of worship which is truly spiritual.
A...
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THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
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BESEECH. App-134.
THEREFORE. This refers to Romans 8:39, chaps. 9-11 being. digression.
BY. App-104.Romans 12:1.
MERCIES. Greek. _oiktirmos._ Only here, 2 Corinthians 1:3.
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Romans 12:1-8. Christian practice as the result of Christian truth:
self-dedication to the service of God in the Christian Church
1. _I beseech you therefore_ The Doctrinal Part of the Epistle,
strict...
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ΟΥ̓͂Ν. Cf. Romans 5:1; Ephesians 4:1; Colossians 3:1. The
exhortation presents the true state of a Christian as the consequence
of all that has gone before.
ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ. The appeal is to their realisation...
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Romans 12:1-2. The general principle is stated....
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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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ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870)
ободрять, побуждать кого-л. сделать
что-л. Это слово обозначает ободрение
войск перед атакой. Здесь просьба
основана на авторитете Павла как
апостола ...
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DISCOURSE: 1904
DEVOTEDNESS TO GOD RECOMMENDED
Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which...
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_ROMANS 12:1_. The Apostle has now finished his proofs and
explications relating to the justification, calling, and election of
the believing Gentiles, or to their being admitted into the kingdom
and...
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_TEXT_
Romans 12:1-2. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to
God, which is your spiritual service. Romans 12:2 And be...
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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.
The strictly Doctrinal teachin...
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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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LIVING SACRIFICE] as opposed to the sacrifice of a slain beast: cp.
Romans 6:13. REASONABLE] i.e. an act of the reason....
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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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XII.
(1) At this point the Apostle turns from the speculative, or
doctrinal, portion of his Epistle, and begins a series of practical
exhortations to his readers as to their lives as Christians. In t...
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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...
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παρακαλῶ οὖν : the reference is to all that has been said
since Romans 1:16, but especially to what more closely precedes. _Cf._
Ephesians 4:1; 1 Timothy 2:1;...
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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...
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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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I beseech (1) you therefore, brethren, (a) by the mercies of God, that
ye (b) present your (c) bodies a (d) living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, [which is] your (e) reasonable service.
(1) The...
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With this chapter St. Paul begins his second part, in which he gives
us most excellent lessons of morality, after which every Christian
should aim to form his life, and thus resemble Jesus Christ and...
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TWENTY-FOURTH PASSAGE (12:1, 2). THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN CONDUCT.
Vv. 1. “ _I exhort you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unt...
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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...
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CONTENTS
In this Chapter, the Apostle shews some of the blessed Effects, which,
through Grace, arise out of a Justified, and Sanctified State, before
God. And he very sweetly proves thereby, the Work...
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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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After having handled those things necessary for the erection of the
kingdom of God, — that righteousness is to be sought from God alone,
that salvation is to come to us alone from his mercy, that all...
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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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I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD,.... The
apostle having finished the doctrinal part of this epistle, proceeds
to that which is more practical; and enforces the several duties...
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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.
Ver. 1. _I beseech_] _Volumus...
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_I beseech you therefore, brethren_ Paul uses to suit his exhortations
to the doctrines he has been delivering. So here the general
exhortation to universal holiness, grounded on, and inferred from, t...
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THE MERCIES OF GOD; those which he bestows in and through Jesus
Christ, as the apostle has exhibited in the former part of this
epistle. For he now proceeds to draw from the deep doctrines there
unfol...
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THE CHRISTIAN'S LIFE A REASONABLE SERVICE TO GOD. 12:1-21
The fundamental exhortation:...
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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....
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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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Present you bodies -
A. By the mercies of God
B. A living sacrifice
C. Holy
D. Acceptable unto God - render religious homage, to serve, to
minister to God, to do service
Reasonable service - "spi...
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ROMANS 12:1. BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD,
TO PRESENT YOUR BODIES. LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY, ACCEPTABLE TO GOD,
WHICH IS YOUR SPIRITUAL SERVICE.
'beseech' -3870. parakaleo par...
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1,2 The apostle having closed the part of his epistle wherein he
argues and proves various doctrines which are practically applied,
here urges important duties from gospel principles. He entreated th...
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OLBGrk; ROMANS CHAPTER 12 ROMANS 12:1 Paul exhorteth to holiness and
conformity to God's will; and to think soberly of the gifts allotted
every man respectively. ROMANS 12:4,5 We are all members of on...
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[The theme of this great Epistle is that "the righteous shall live by
faith" (Romans 1:17), and its grand conclusion is that those who seek
life this way find it, and all who seek it in other ways fai...
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Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus
Then again, Paul exhorts us "to present our bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."[75]
Athenagoras A Pl...
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Romans 12:1 beseech G3870 (G5719) you G5209 therefore G3767 brethren
G80 by G1223 mercies G3628 God G2316 present...
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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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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 TOTAL CONSECRATION (12:1-2).
‘I therefore plead with you brothers, by the mercies of God, that
you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual s...
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Romans 12:1. I BESEECH (or, ‘exhort') YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN. The
connection is undoubtedly with the conclusion of chap. 11; but for
this very reason the practical inference is from the entire doctri...
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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...
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THEREFORE
(ουν). This inferential participle gathers up all the great
argument of Chapter s Romans 12:1-11. Now Paul turns to exhortation
(παρακαλω), "I beseech you."BY THE MERCIES
(δια των οικτιρ...
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MERCIES
That is, The "mercies" described in (Romans 3:22); (Romans 8:39).
SERVICE
(Greek, "latreia", translated "divine service"). (Hebrews 9:1)....
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Romans 12:1
I. We have in the text a very remarkable way of putting what I may
call the sum of Christian service. The main leading idea is the
gathering together of all Christian duty into the one mig...
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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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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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SO THEN, MY BROTHERS. In the first eleven Chapter s, Paul showed us
man's guilt and God's offer of salvation. Now he shows us the
obligation which God places on those who reach out through faith to
se...
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_I beseech you._
A LESSON TO MINISTERS
Ministers of the gospel should be gentle, tender, and affectionate.
They should be kind in feeling, and courteous in manner--like a father
or mother. Nothing is...
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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 12:1.—St. Paul sums up the argument of the foregoing part of
the epistle with plain rules for Christian living, and advisedly calls
religion a reasonable service. Pythagoras r...
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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 1:10; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1
Corinthians 6:13;...
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I beseech [π α ρ α κ α λ ω]. See on consolation, Luke 6:24.
By the mercies [δ ι α τ ω ν ο ι κ τ ι ρ μ ω ν]. By, not
as an adjuration, but as presenting the motive for obedience. I use
the compassion...
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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...
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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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I exhort you — St. Paul uses to suit his exhortations to the
doctrines he has been delivering. So here the general use from the
whole is contained in Romans 12:1. The particular uses follow, from
the...
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Observe here, 1. The apostle's loving and courteous compellation,
BRETHREN: so he calls the believing Romans. They were brethren by
place and nation, and brethren by religion and profession: EODEM
san...