romans-12:12

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

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 12:1-21

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 to God, in chastity and in temperance, as temples of the Most High. Herodotus, the Greek priest, confesses that in the festival of Venus, the better sort of folks presented themselves to pay their respects to the goddess, while the lower sort indulged in crimes that cannot be named. Romans... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 12:12

Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope.I. What is it to rejoice?1. Negatively--(1) Not to have the senses pleased.(2) Nor does it consist in the imagination.2. Positively; it consists in--(1) The removal of sorrow from the heart (Psalms 42:5).(2) The soul’s content and satisfaction (Luke 1:47).II. What is hope? It consists in--(1) The belief of good things to be had (1 Peter 1:13).(2) The expectation of them (Psalms 42:5).(3) Making use of all lawful means for obtaining them (Hebrews 10:23-25; Esther... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 12:12

12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Ver. 12. Rejoicing in hope ] Hope makes absent joys present, wants, plenitudes, and beguiles calamity as good company doth the time. But without hope, patience is cold almost in the fourth degree, and that is but a little from poison. It was a dotage of the Stoics, that a wise man should be free, as from fear, so from hope too. How much better the Elpistici, another sort of philosophers, who held hope to be the only... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Romans 12:12

Rejoicing: Romans 5:2, Romans 5:3, Romans 15:13, Psalms 16:9-1 Kings :, Psalms 71:20-Isaiah :, Psalms 73:24-Ezekiel :, Proverbs 10:28, Proverbs 14:32, Lamentations 3:24-Ezekiel :, Habakkuk 3:17, Habakkuk 3:18, Matthew 5:12, Luke 10:20, 1 Corinthians 13:13, Philippians 3:1, Philippians 4:4, Colossians 1:27, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, Titus 2:13, Titus 3:7, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 6:17-Psalms :, 1 Peter 1:3-Ruth :, 1 Peter 4:13, 1 John... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;Rejoicing in hope — Of perfect holiness and everlasting happiness. Hitherto of faith and love; now of hope also, see the fifth and eighth chapters; afterwards of duties toward others; saints, Romans 12:13 persecutors, Romans 12:14 friends, strangers, enemies, Romans 12:15, etc. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:9-16

2. Common mutual affections , Romans 12:9-16 . In this paragraph the qualities required are really within the sphere of the Christian Church, as promoting the common unity and edification. read more