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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3 For 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.

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

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

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

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

8 if 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

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction by διὰ G1223 Preposition the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular grace χάριτος G5485 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular given δοθείσης G1325 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Feminine Singular me μοι G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular I say Λέγω G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular to every one παντὶ G3956 Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular - τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular - ὄντι G1510 Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular of ἐν G1722 Preposition you ὑμῖν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb Do not think of yourself ὑπερφρονεῖν G5252 Verb - Present Infinitive Active more highly παρ’ G3844 Preposition . . . G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular than you ought δεῖ G1163 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - φρονεῖν G5426 Verb - Present Infinitive Active but ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction think of yourself φρονεῖν G5426 Verb - Present Infinitive Active with εἰς G1519 Preposition - τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular sober judgment σωφρονεῖν G4993 Verb - Present Infinitive Active according to ὡς G5613 Adverb [the] measure μέτρον G3358 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular of faith πίστεως G4102 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular God Θεὸς G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular has given ἐμέρισεν G3307 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [you] ἑκάστῳ G1538 Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 4

Original words

- γὰρ G1063 Conjunction Just as καθάπερ G2509 Adverb each of us has ἔχομεν G2192 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural one ἑνὶ G1520 Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular body σώματι G4983 Noun - Dative Neuter Singular with ἐν G1722 Preposition many πολλὰ G4183 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural members μέλη G3196 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural and δὲ G1161 Conjunction not οὐ G3756 Adverb all πάντα G3956 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural - τὰ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Plural members μέλη G3196 Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural have ἔχει G2192 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular same αὐτὴν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular function πρᾶξιν G4234 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 5

Original words

so οὕτως G3779 Adverb in ἐν G1722 Preposition Christ Χριστῷ G5547 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular we who are ἐσμεν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural many πολλοὶ G4183 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural [are] one ἓν G1520 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular body σῶμά G4983 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular - τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular and δὲ G1161 Conjunction each καθ’ G2596 Preposition member μέλη G3196 Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural [belongs to] one εἷς G1520 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular another ἀλλήλων G240 Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 6

Original words

- δὲ G1161 Conjunction We have Ἔχοντες G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural different διάφορα G1313 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural gifts χαρίσματα G5486 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural according to κατὰ G2596 Preposition the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular grace χάριν G5485 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular given δοθεῖσαν G1325 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular us ἡμῖν G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural If [one’s gift is] εἴτε G1535 Conjunction prophecy προφητείαν G4394 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular [let him use] it κατὰ G2596 Preposition - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular in proportion ἀναλογίαν G356 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular to [his] τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular faith πίστεως G4102 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 7

Original words

[if it is] εἴτε G1535 Conjunction serving διακονίαν G1248 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - ἐν G1722 Preposition - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular let him serve διακονίᾳ G1248 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular [if it is] εἴτε G1535 Conjunction - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular teaching διδάσκων G1321 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular - ἐν G1722 Preposition - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular let him teach διδασκαλίᾳ G1319 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 8

Original words

[if it is] εἴτε G1535 Conjunction - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular encouraging παρακαλῶν G3870 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular - ἐν G1722 Preposition - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular let him encourage παρακλήσει G3874 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular [if it is] G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular giving μεταδιδοὺς G3330 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular - ἐν G1722 Preposition let him give generously ἁπλότητι G572 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular [if it is] G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular leading προϊστάμενος G4291 Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular [ let him lead] with ἐν G1722 Preposition diligence σπουδῇ G4710 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular [if it is] G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular showing mercy ἐλεῶν G1653 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular [ let him do it] ἐν G1722 Preposition cheerfully ἱλαρότητι G2432 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

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