Romans 12:8

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Romans 12:8

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Summary

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Exhorteth

Giveth

With simplicity

Colossians 3:22

Ruleth

With diligence

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Sheweth

General references

Exodus 18:13

1 Corinthians 12:7

Bible References

Exhorteth

And after reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men, brethren, if the word of encouragement is in you to the people, speak.

And Judas and Silas, they also being prophets, through much speech consoled the brethren, and supported.

And having passed through those parts, and having besought them by much speech, he came into Greece.

And he prophesying speaks to men for building the house, and entreaty, and encouragement.

For our entreaty nor from error, nor from uncleanness, nor in deceit:

Till I come, hold to reading loud, to entreaty, to doctrine.

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom to some; but beseeching: and by so much the more, inasmuch as ye see the day drawing near.

And I beseech you, brethren, hold up the word of entreaty: for I also sent to you in a few words.

Giveth

Participating in the necessities of the holy ones; pursuing hospitality.

For opening, thou shalt open thy hand to him, and lending, thou shalt lend him a sufficiency for his want which he shall want

If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail;

He scattered, he gave to the needy; his justice stands forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.

The good eye it shall be blessed, for he gave from his bread to the poor.

Send forth thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in a multitude of days thou shalt find it

Liberal shall no more be called to the foolish, and noble shall not be said to the deceiver.

Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, and thou shalt bring the wandering poor to thy house? when thou shalt see the naked and cover him; and thou shalt not hide from thy flesh.

When therefore thou doest alms, thou shouldst not sound the trumpet before thee, as hypocrites do in the assemblies, and in the streets, that they might be praised by men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward.

And the king having answered, will say to them, Trull I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me.

And having looked np, he saw the rich casting their gifts into the royal treasury.

And all believing were in one and the same place, and had all things common:

And in great power the sent gave back testimony of the rising up of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

And one of them having risen, Agabus by name, signified by the Holy Spirit a great famine was about to be upon the whole habitable globe: which was during Claudius Caesar.

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia;

So longing for you, we are contented to impart to you, not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because ye are dearly beloved to us.

Being hospitable to one another without murmurings.

With simplicity

For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.

That in much proof of pressure the abundance of their joy and their poverty according to depth abounded to the abundance of their simplicity.

And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.

Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ;

Servants, listen ye in all things to lords according to the flesh; not in eyeservice as pleasing men; but in simplicity of heart, fearing God:

Ruleth

For this also pay ye taxes: for they are workmen of God, persevering in this same.

For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him.

Then the proconsul having seen that done, he believed, being struck with amazement at the teaching of the Lord.

Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.

And whom truly God set in the church, first the sent, second the prophets, third teachers, then powers, then graces of healings, helps, directions, kinds of tongues.

And we ask you, brethren, to know those being fatigued among you, and set over you in the Lord, and reminding you;

Presiding well over his own house, having the children in subjection with all gravity;

Let the elders having presided well be deemed worthy of double honour, chiefly they being wearied in word and doctrine.

Remember them guiding you, who spake to you the word of God: of whom, observing narrowly the issue of the mode of life, imitate the faith:

Tend the flock of God which among you, inspecting, not by force, but voluntarily; neither occupied in sordid gain, but of a ready will;

With diligence

All which thy hand shall find to do, with thy strength, do thou; for no work and understanding and knowledge and wisdom, in hades where thou goest there.

Sheweth

And rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the orphan and the widow, which are in the midst of thee in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

The unjust one borrowed and he will not repay: and the just one compassionated, and gave.

Thou mettest him rejoicing and doing justice, they shall remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wert angry; and we shall sin in them of old, and we shall be saved.

Each as he chooses in the heart; not of grief, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

General references

And it will be on the morrow, and Moses will sit to judge the people: and they will stand by Moses from the morning to the evening.

And to each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit.