Romans 12:3

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 12:3

DISCOURSE: 1906SOBRIETY OF MIND ENJOINEDRomans 12:3. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.IN order to obtain just views of any passage of Scripture, we must pay the strictest attention to the context. It is by the context that the precise import of the words before us must be determined. It sometimes happens,... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Romans 12:3

grace Grace (imparted). Romans 12:3; Romans 12:6; Romans 15:15; Romans 6:1; 2 Peter 3:18. read more

Chuck Smith

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 12:3

Romans 12:3For I say … to every man.., not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. Needful counselI. We must not think too highly of ourselves, especially of--1. Our knowledge (Jeremiah 9:23; 1 Corinthians 8:1). We know little either in--(1) Naturals, of which we know but few, and then largely by conjectures.(2) Spirituals. We know but little of God (Hosea 4:1; Jeremiah 9:3); of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:2); of our souls; of our estate as to God (2 Corinthians 13:5); as to the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 12:3

3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Ver. 3. But to think soberly ] Gr. φρονειν εις το σωφρονειν , to be wise to sobriety. Socrates made no distinction between wisdom and sobriety, σοφιαν και σωφροσυνην non distinguebat. (Xenoph.) We shall be sober, if we take not that upon us that we have not, nor brag of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Romans 12:3

I say: Romans 12:6-Ruth :, Romans 1:5, Romans 15:15, Romans 15:16, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Galatians 2:8, Galatians 2:9, Ephesians 3:2, Ephesians 3:4, Ephesians 3:7, Ephesians 3:8, Ephesians 4:7-2 Kings :, Colossians 1:29, 1 Timothy 1:14, 1 Peter 4:11 not to: Romans 11:20, Romans 11:25, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 16:19, Proverbs 25:27, Proverbs 26:12, Ecclesiastes 7:16, Micah 6:8, Matthew 18:1-Numbers :, Luke 18:11, 1 Corinthians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 12:7,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.And I say — He now proceeds to show what that will of God is.Through the grace which is given to me — He modestly adds this, lest he should seem to forget his own direction.To every one that is among you — Believers at Rome. Happy, had they always remembered this! The measure... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:3

II. THE CYCLE OF CHRISTIAN DUTIES, SPRINGING FROM THIS FAITH. 1. Duties as to the unity of the Church are the following two , Romans 12:3-16 : 1. A Tempered Filling each one’s Official or Charismatic Place in the Church Unity , Romans 12:3-8 . 3. I say The apostle’s frequent phrase of apostolic authority in this epistle. Through the grace Of inspired apostleship, the highest position, both official and charismatic, in the young Church. Every man Official or unofficial. He... read more