Strictly, the idea of mutual comfort is drawn from the two verses combined, not from this singly. In the last verse the Romans were the subject: "That ye may be established." Here St. Paul himself is the subject: "That I may be comforted." Comforted.--The Greek word has rather more...
2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Read ChapterCompare PREVIOUSRomans 12:1NEXTRomans 12:3 ...
The justice of God and Rom 12,17-13,7 usually live separate lives in Romans studies. Yet two neglected features in these verses show that they should be taken into account in debates about the justice of God in Romans: the use of the-vocabulary, which is part of the vocabulary of justi...
That is, these verses have struck me as a collection of general moral observations or maxims linked through Rom 12:1-2 to Paul's larger theological contributions in the rest of the letter.These two approaches have their strengths. The first requires careful attentio...
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Verses 1-5: God's Righteous Judgement Paul denounces those who pass judgement on others while practicing the same sins. He speaks of God's kindness, tolerance, and patience, which should lead to repentance, and warns of wrath for those who remain hard-hearted. ...
Romans 12-16 King James Version 12I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your min...
If we have a "hidden agenda," however, it is to view these seven verses in the context of the entire Bible. Those who see in Romans 13:1-7 a divine approval for "the State" take it out of its Biblical context (which begins in Romans 12, the previous chapter, but also includes ...
Since the genre of these opening verses of Romans 9 is a lament, it is probably best to take this as an affirmation of Christ’s deity (as the text renders it). Although the other renderings are possible, to see a note of praise to God at the end of this section seems strangely ...
Verses 7-12 narrate an event in the past; vv. 14-25 describe a condition or state…such descriptions of both event and ongoing state are not unusual in Jewish prayer and confessional literature (e.g., Isa. 63:5-12; Jer. 3:22b-25; Ezra 9:5-15; Jos. Asen. 12:1-13; Tob. 3:...