Romans 12:1

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Romans 12:1-13

God's Call to Consecration Romans 12:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Permit me to enlarge upon the expression, "therefore." Our chapter opens thus: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God." 1. There is presented a basis for God's call to consecration. God does not ask us to do something, while He does nothing. No Christian can outdo God in giving all. God does not ask us to do anything, that is irrational, unjust, or uncalled for. His call is to a rational service, a reasonable... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 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 service. And do not be fashioned according to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.’ Paul calls on the Roman Christians to perform an act of priestly service (latreian), on the basis of God’s many mercies revealed earlier, by offering their... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:1-21

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 in salvation: · in applying to His people the righteousness of Christ (Romans 3:24 to Romans 4:25), · in uniting them with Christ in His death and resurrection (Romans 6:1-11), · in making them righteous within by His Spirit (Romans 8:1-18), · and in having demonstrated God’s sovereign activity in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:1-2

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 tenderness of the Divine mercy prompts to consecration, “ Present your bodies” recalls Romans 6:12 f.*; the demand for physical consecration arose from the prevalence of bodily sin ( cf. Romans 6:6 ; Romans 6:19, etc.). The body is made “ a living sacrifice” in the activities of daily... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 12:1

Hitherto the apostle hath discoursed of matters of faith; in this and the following chapters he sets down precepts of holy life. By the mercies of God: he useth the word in the plural number, to amplify and set forth the manifold mercies of God, in election, justification, adoption, &c.: q.d. Seeing you Gentiles have received so many and so great mercies from God; seeing he hath preferred you to his ancient people the Jews, and hath chosen and called you, when he hath rejected them; as you... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 12:1

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 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 required intelligent worship; and much more does the great Spirit demand worship in spirit. The soul stands as the priest; the body is the offering to be consecrated by the High Priest.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Romans 12:1The importance of our bodies.—If a man have a true feeling of spiritual... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Romans 12:1

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 mighty word sacrifice. Sacrifice, to begin with, means giving up everything to God. And how do I give up to God? When in heart and will and thought I am conscious of His presence, and do all the actions of the inner man in dependence on, and in obedience to, Him. That is the true sacrifice when I... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 12:1

DISCOURSE: 1904DEVOTEDNESS TO GOD RECOMMENDEDRomans 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 is your reasonable service.THE end of all true religion is, to bring men to God. From him they have fallen, and to him must they be restored. Whatever instructions have not this object in view, are of small value. The Gospel itself would be an empty speculation, if it did not teach us to hope for some... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Romans 12:1

mercies i.e. The "mercies" described in Romans 3:22; Romans 8:39. service (Greek - τέκνον , trans). "divine service," Hebrews 9:1. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 12:1-21

Chapter 12I 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 your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service ( Romans 12:1 ).God does not and has not made demands upon us. The gospel is reasonable. God said, "Come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord" ( Isaiah 1:18 ).Now, of course, existential... read more

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