Romans 12:7 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If your gift is serving, then devote yourself to serving. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

ASV:

or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

BBE:

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

DBY:

or service, let us occupy ourselves in service; or he that teaches, in teaching;

ERV:

or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

WEY:

if it is the gift of administration, let the administrator exercise a sound judgement in his duties.

WBS:

Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching:

WEB:

or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

YLT:

or ministration -- 'In the ministration!' or he who is teaching -- 'In the teaching!'

Romans 12:7 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 6:1 Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

Acts 13:1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

1 Corinthians 12:5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:28 And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues.

1 Corinthians 14:26 What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:7 Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that {m} teacheth, on teaching;
(m) Whose office is only to expound the scriptures.

PNT:

12:7 Ministry. If instead of prophecy, our gift of the more lowly one of ministering, let us give our time and attention to it. The Greek word rendered ministry is diakonia, deaconship, or service.
Teaching. The work of an elder, or bishop, who must be apt to teach (1Ti 3:2 2Ti 2:24). If this was one's work, his soul must be put into it.

WES:

12:7 Ministering - As deacons. He that teacheth - Catechumens; for whom particular instructers were appointed. He that exhorteth - Whose peculiar business it was to urge Christians to duty, and to comfort them in trials.

MHC:

12:3-8 Pride is a sin in us by nature; we need to be cautioned and armed against it. All the saints make up one body in Christ, who is the Head of the body, and the common Centre of their unity. In the spiritual body, some are fitted for and called to one sort of work; others for another sort of work. We are to do all the good we can, one to another, and for the common benefit. If we duly thought about the powers we have, and how far we fail properly to improve them, it would humble us. But as we must not be proud of our talents, so we must take heed lest, under a pretence of humility and self-denial, we are slothful in laying out ourselves for the good of others. We must not say, I am nothing, therefore I will sit still, and do nothing; but, I am nothing in myself, and therefore I will lay out myself to the utmost, in the strength of the grace of Christ. Whatever our gifts or situations may be, let us try to employ ourselves humbly, diligently, cheerfully, and in simplicity; not seeking our own credit or profit, but the good of many, for this world and that which is to come.

CONC:

Administration Administrator Church Deacon Duties Exercise Gift Judgement Ministering Ministration Ministry Occupy Ourselves Position Power Serve Service Serving Teach Teaches Teacheth Teaching Wait

Administration Administrator Church Deacon Duties Exercise Gift Judgement Ministering Ministration Ministry Occupy Ourselves Position Power Serve Service Serving Sound Teach Teaches Teacheth Teaching Use Wait

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