Romans 12:12

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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:9-21

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 to what is required of Christians as they live ‘in newness of life’ (Romans 6:3-4). In the terms of chapter 6 we are to be ‘slaves of righteousness’ (Romans 6:18). The injunctions appear in one sense to be a miscellany, but they cover various aspects of daily experience, and they present us with a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:10-13

Love Expressing Itself In The Family Of Believers (12:10-13). While the injunctions that follow in Romans 12:10-13 are not necessarily to be limited to benefiting the family, it is clear that love for our believing brothers and sisters is paramount. They above all will benefit by our tender affection towards one another, by our upholding of each other, by our diligent service of the LORD, by our eyes being kept on the future blessings, and by our provision of the necessities of life and of... read more

Peter Pett

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

‘Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer,’ Having spoken of the upward look (fervent in the Spirit, serving the LORD), Paul now considers the forward look by which Christians remain steadfast in the face of the future, thus maintaining the stability and strength of the church. We are to rejoice because of the hope that is set before us, we must patiently endure in whatever tribulation comes to us, and we must continue steadfastly in prayer, recognising that... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:3-21

Romans 12:3-Ecclesiastes : . 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.). This is the “ mind” as temper, disposition (so in Romans 8:5-Judges :), not as intellect ( Romans 12:2). A modest temper comes from appreciating other men’ s gifts. “ Measure of faith,” as the sequel shows, means faith in the variety of its apportioned... read more

Matthew Poole

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

Rejoicing in hope; i.e. in hope of deliverance here in due time, and of eternal salvation hereafter: See Poole on "Romans 5:2". Continuing instant in prayer; be instant and constant in the duty. A metaphor from hounds, that give not over the game till they have got it: see Luke 18:1; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 12:11-12

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 12:11.—In your haste be not idle, in your business be not lazy. As to your zeal, being not indolent; fervent in spirit, taking advantage of opportunity. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, and all the Greek scholiasts, read “serving the Lord.” The other reading, “serving the time,” mentioned by Ambrose, St. Jerome, and Ruffinus, seems to have had its rise from the abbreviation of the word in the manuscripts. Though it may have a good sense “by accommodating... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Romans 12:12

Romans 12:12 In the widest sense the injunction of the text lays upon us these things: (1) The habitual maintenance of a prayerful spirit; (2) the duty of embracing opportunities for prayer; (3) the duty of improving the occasions of prayer; (4) watchfulness as a part of constancy in prayer. J. M. Jarvis, Christian World Pulpit, vol. x., p. 250. References: Romans 12:11 , Romans 12:12 . E. Garbett, Experiences of the Inner Life, p. 244.Romans 12:12 . H. Alford, Plain Village Sermons, p. 1; ... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 12:9-12

DISCOURSE: 1908CHRISTIAN DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN EXPLAINEDRomans 12:9-12. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.THAT men, who wallow in all manner of uncleanness, should not like to hear the precepts of religion, is easy to be accounted for: but that... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Romans 12:12

Constant, Instant, Expectant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 1480) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, June 22nd, 1879, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Continuing instant in prayer." Romans 12:12 . THIS is placed in connection with a large number of brief but very weighty precepts. Prayer has a distinct relationship to all... read more

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