Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
if service, let us use it in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching;
New American Standard Bible
if
King James Version
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Holman Bible
if teaching,
International Standard Version
If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others.
A Conservative Version
or service, in the service; or he who teaches, in the teaching;
American Standard Version
or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
Amplified
if service, in the act of serving; or he who teaches, in the act of teaching;
An Understandable Version
Or, if our gift is serving, we should devote ourselves to rendering service. Or, if our gift is teaching, we should devote ourselves to teaching.
Anderson New Testament
or, if we have a ministry, let us be active in our ministry; if any one teaches, let him attend to his teaching;
Bible in Basic English
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
Daniel Mace New Testament
if it be the ministry, let him attend on that ministry; and he that teacheth, on teaching; he that exhorteth,
Darby Translation
or service, let us occupy ourselves in service; or he that teaches, in teaching;
Godbey New Testament
or ministry, it is in the ministry; or he that teacheth, in teaching;
Goodspeed New Testament
or of practical service, differing in the field of service, or the teacher who exercises his gift in teaching,
John Wesley New Testament
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministring; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation.
Julia Smith Translation
Whether service, in service: whether he teaching, in instruction;
King James 2000
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching;
Lexham Expanded Bible
if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;
Modern King James verseion
or ministry, in the ministry; or he who teaches, in the teaching;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let him that hath an office, wait on his office;
Moffatt New Testament
if it is practical service, let us mind our service; the teacher must mind his teaching,
Montgomery New Testament
If it is the gift of administration, let us give ourselves to our service.
NET Bible
If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;
New Heart English Bible
or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
Noyes New Testament
or if service, let us attend to the service; he that teacheth, let him attend to teaching;
Sawyer New Testament
if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one teaches, in teaching,
The Emphasized Bible
Or ministering, use it in our ministering, or he that teacheth, let him use his gift in his teaching,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
or if the deacon's office, be active in the service; or he that teacheth, in teaching;
Twentieth Century New Testament
If it is to minister to others, let us devote ourselves to our ministry; the teacher to his teaching,
Webster
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching:
Weymouth New Testament
if it is the gift of administration, let the administrator exercise a sound judgement in his duties.
Williams New Testament
or of practical service, in the field of service; or of a teacher, in the field of teaching;
World English Bible
or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
Worrell New Testament
or ministry, let us labor in the ministry; or he that teaches, in teaching;
Worsley New Testament
or ministry, let us attend to the ministry: or he that teacheth, on teaching: or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:
Youngs Literal Translation
or ministration -- 'In the ministration!' or he who is teaching -- 'In the teaching!'
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 12:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Variety Of Gifts In The Body Of Christ
6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, let us use it in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Cross References
Acts 13:1
Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
Matthew 24:45-47
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Luke 12:42-44
And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
John 3:2
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."
Acts 6:1
Now in those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the native Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
Acts 20:20
how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,
Acts 20:28
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then those having gifts of healings, helps, administrations, and those speaking in various kinds of tongues.
Galatians 6:6
Let the one who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.
Colossians 1:28-29
We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.
Colossians 4:17
Say to Archippus, "See to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
1 Timothy 2:7
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
1 Timothy 3:2
Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
1 Timothy 4:16
Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
2 Timothy 2:24
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, patient when wronged,
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction.
1 Peter 5:1-4
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed,