Focused Passage

Romans 12:3-8

Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy

Paul moves from whole-life sacrifice in response to God's mercies, to renewed minds resisting the age, to humble service in the one body, to varied gifts exercised by grace, to sincere love within the church, to endurance and hospitality, and finally to blessing persecutors, refusing vengeance, and overcoming evil with good.

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3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

6We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

7if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

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Verse 3

Original words

ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionbyδιὰG1223PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulargraceχάριτοςG5485Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingulargivenδοθείσηςG1325Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Feminine SingularmeμοιG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person SingularI sayΛέγωG3004Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularto every oneπαντὶG3956Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine Singular-ὄντιG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine SingularofἐνG1722PrepositionyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralvvvμὴG3361AdverbDo not think of yourselfὑπερφρονεῖνG5252Verb - Present Infinitive Activemore highlyπαρ’G3844Preposition. . .G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singularthan you oughtδεῖG1163Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-φρονεῖνG5426Verb - Present Infinitive ActivebutἀλλὰG235Conjunctionthink of yourselfφρονεῖνG5426Verb - Present Infinitive ActivewithεἰςG1519Preposition-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singularsober judgmentσωφρονεῖνG4993Verb - Present Infinitive Activeaccording toὡςG5613Adverb[the] measureμέτρονG3358Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularof faithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularhas givenἐμέρισενG3307Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[you]ἑκάστῳG1538Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 4

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-γὰρG1063ConjunctionJust asκαθάπερG2509Adverbeach of us hasἔχομενG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluraloneἑνὶG1520Adjective - Dative Neuter SingularbodyσώματιG4983Noun - Dative Neuter SingularwithἐνG1722PrepositionmanyπολλὰG4183Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralmembersμέληG3196Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralandδὲG1161ConjunctionnotοὐG3756AdverballπάνταG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural-τὰG3588Article - Nominative Neuter PluralmembersμέληG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter PluralhaveἔχειG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularsameαὐτὴνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person SingularfunctionπρᾶξινG4234Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 5

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soοὕτωςG3779AdverbinἐνG1722PrepositionChristΧριστῷG5547Noun - Dative Masculine Singularwe who areἐσμενG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural-οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralmanyπολλοὶG4183Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural[are] oneἓνG1520Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularbodyσῶμάG4983Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularandδὲG1161Conjunctioneachκαθ’G2596PrepositionmemberμέληG3196Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural[belongs to] oneεἷςG1520Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularanotherἀλλήλωνG240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 6

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionWe haveἜχοντεςG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluraldifferentδιάφοραG1313Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralgiftsχαρίσματαG5486Noun - Accusative Neuter Pluralaccording toκατὰG2596PrepositiontheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulargraceχάρινG5485Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulargivenδοθεῖσανG1325Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Feminine SingularusἡμῖνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person PluralIf [one’s gift is]εἴτεG1535ConjunctionprophecyπροφητείανG4394Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[let him use] itκατὰG2596Preposition-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Singularin proportionἀναλογίανG356Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularto [his]τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfaithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 7

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[if it is]εἴτεG1535ConjunctionservingδιακονίανG1248Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-ἐνG1722Preposition-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularlet him serveδιακονίᾳG1248Noun - Dative Feminine Singular[if it is]εἴτεG1535Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularteachingδιδάσκωνG1321Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-ἐνG1722Preposition-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularlet him teachδιδασκαλίᾳG1319Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 8

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[if it is]εἴτεG1535Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularencouragingπαρακαλῶνG3870Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-ἐνG1722Preposition-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularlet him encourageπαρακλήσειG3874Noun - Dative Feminine Singular[if it is]G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingulargivingμεταδιδοὺςG3330Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular-ἐνG1722Prepositionlet him give generouslyἁπλότητιG572Noun - Dative Feminine Singular[if it is]G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularleadingπροϊστάμενοςG4291Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular[ let him lead] withἐνG1722PrepositiondiligenceσπουδῇG4710Noun - Dative Feminine Singular[if it is]G3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularshowing mercyἐλεῶνG1653Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[ let him do it]ἐνG1722PrepositioncheerfullyἱλαρότητιG2432Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

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