Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others.
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,
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;
Common New Testament
if service, let us use it in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching;
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!'
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 12:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Variety Of Gifts In The Body Of Christ
6 We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith. 7 If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others. 8 If it is encouraging, devote yourself to encouraging others. If it is sharing, share generously. If it is leading, lead enthusiastically. If it is helping, help cheerfully.
Cross References
Acts 13:1
Now Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen, who grew up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch.
Ephesians 4:11
And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,
Deuteronomy 33:10
They will teach your ordinances to Jacob, and your Law to Israel. They will offer incense as a pleasant aroma to you and a whole burnt offering upon your altar.
1 Samuel 12:23
Now as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. I'll also instruct you in the way that is good and right.
Psalm 34:11
Come, children, listen to me, and I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalm 51:13
Then I will teach transgressors about your ways, and sinners will turn to you.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
Moreover, besides being wise himself, the Teacher taught people what he had learned by listening, making inquiries, and composing many proverbs.
Isaiah 21:8
Then the lookout shouted: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and I am stationed at my post throughout the night.
Ezekiel 3:17-21
"Son of Man," he said, "I've appointed you to be a watchman over the house of Israel. Therefore when you hear a message that comes from me, you are to warn them for me.
Ezekiel 33:7-9
"Now as for you, Son of Man, I've established you as a sentinel for the house of Israel. So whenever you hear a message from me, you are to warn the people from me.
Matthew 24:45-47
"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others their food at the right time?
Matthew 28:19
Therefore, as you go, disciple people in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
Luke 12:42-44
The Lord said, "Who, then, is the faithful and careful servant manager whom his master will put in charge of giving all his other servants their share of food at the right time?
John 3:2
He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."
Acts 6:1
In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
Acts 20:20
I never shrank from telling you anything that would help you nor from teaching you publicly and from house to house.
Acts 20:28
Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 12:28
God has appointed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then those who perform miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who help others, administrators, and those who speak various kinds of languages.
Galatians 6:6
The person who is taught the word should share all his goods with his teacher.
Colossians 1:28-29
It is he whom we proclaim as we admonish and wisely teach everyone, so that we may present everyone mature in the Messiah.
Colossians 4:17
Tell Archippus, "See that you complete the ministry you have received from the Lord."
1 Timothy 2:7
For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)
1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.
1 Timothy 4:16
Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. Persevere in these things, because if you do so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
1 Timothy 5:17
Elders who handle their duties well should be considered worthy of double compensation, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
2 Timothy 2:2
What you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.
2 Timothy 2:24
A servant of the Lord must not argue. Instead, he must be kind to everyone, teachable, willing to suffer wrong,
2 Timothy 4:2
to proclaim the message. Be ready to do this whether or not the time is convenient. Refute, warn, and encourage with the utmost patience when you teach.
1 Peter 5:1-4
Therefore, as a fellow elder, a witness of the Messiah's sufferings, and one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: