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
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