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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 12:1

I beseech you - The apostle, having finished the argument of this Epistle, proceeds now to close it with a practical or hortatory application, showing its bearing on the duties of life, and the practical influence of religion. None of the doctrines of the gospel are designed to be cold and barren speculations. They bear on the hearts and lives of people; and the apostle therefore calls on those to whom he wrote to dedicate themselves without reserve unto God.Therefore - As the effect or result... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 12:1

Romans 12:1. I beseech you therefore, brethren Paul uses to suit his exhortations to the doctrines he has been delivering. So here the general exhortation to universal holiness, grounded on, and inferred from, the whole of the preceding part of the epistle, is contained in the first and second verses. Particular advices and precepts follow from the third verse to the end of the epistle. By the mercies Δια των οικτιρμων , the bowels of mercies, or tender mercies of God The whole... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 12:1-21

12:1-15:13 CHRISTIAN FAITH IN PRACTICEResponsibilities and relationships (12:1-21)For eleven chapters Paul has been explaining what God in his mercy has done, and will yet do, for repentant sinners. Now he reminds those who have experienced this mercy that the most fitting act of worship by which they can show their thanks is to offer themselves as living sacrifices to God. No longer are they to think and act like non-Christians. Their minds must be changed so that they see issues from a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 12:1

beseech . App-134 . therefore . This refers to Romans 8:39 , chaps. 9-11 being a digression. by . App-104 .Romans 12:1 . mercies . Greek. oiktirmos. Only here, 2 Corinthians 1:3 .Philippians 1:2 , 1 Chronicles 3:12; 1 Chronicles 3:12 .Hebrews 10:28 . Compare Romans 9:15 , and Luke 6:36 . "Compassion" in the Septuagint of Lamentations 3:22 . God . App-98 . t hat ye = to. present . Same as "yield", Romans 6:13 , Romans 6:19 . Compare Luke 2:22 . acceptable = well-pleasing. Greek. ... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 12:1

The doctrinal section of Romans concluded with the great doxology of the last chapter; and, following the style of other Pauline letters, as in Ephesians, Colossians, Galatians, etc., Paul next presented for his readers various practical applications of the holy gospel to their daily lives.Concerning this twelfth chapter, it may be doubted if there is a more influential chapter in the New Testament for determining what is acceptable Christian conduct, this being due not to the superiority of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 12:1

Romans 12:1. The Apostle has now finished his proofs and explications relating to the justification, calling, and election of the believing Gentiles, or to their being admitted into the kingdom and covenant of God, and interested in all the privileges and honours of his children and peculiar people,—in all the blessings and hopes of the Gospel. This our happy state he has well established by solid and substantial arguments, and guarded it against every attack of the unbelieving Jew. He has... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 12:1

1. I beseech you therefore—in view of all that has been advanced in the foregoing part of this Epistle. by the mercies of God—those mercies, whose free and unmerited nature, glorious Channel, and saving fruits have been opened up at such length. that ye present—See on Romans 6:13, where we have the same exhortation and the same word there rendered "yield" (as also in Romans 12:16; Romans 12:19). your bodies—that is, "yourselves in the body," considered as the organ of the inner life. As it is... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 12:1

"Therefore" draws a conclusion from all that Paul had presented so far, not just chapters 9-11. This is clear from what he proceeded to say. The charge rises out of humankind’s universal condemnation by God (Romans 3:20), the justification that God has provided freely (Romans 5:1), and the assurance of acceptance that the believing sinner can have (Romans 8:1). Because of all this, it is only reasonable to present our lives to God as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1). In particular, the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 12:1-2

A. Dedication to God 12:1-2Romans 12:1-2 of chapter 12 deal with the Christian’s most important relationship: his or her relationship to God. These verses are both parallel to the sections to follow that deal with the Christian’s conduct, and they introduce them. Our relationship to God is foundational and governs all our other conduct. Paul had already called for the Christian to present himself or herself to God (Romans 6:13; Romans 6:19). Now he repeated that duty as the Christian’s most... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 12:1-13

VI. THE PRACTICE OF GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS 12:1-15:13In contrasting chapters 1-11 with chapters 12-16 of Romans, perhaps the most important distinction is that the first part deals primarily with God’s actions for humanity, and the last part deals with people’s actions in response to God’s. This is an oversimplification of the book, but the distinction is a valid one. God’s provision contrasts with man’s responsibility to behave in a manner consistent with what God has done, is doing, and will do... read more

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