Romans 12:8

Or he that exhorteth, in his exhorting, he that imparteth, [let it be] with liberality, he that taketh a lead, with diligence, he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

In Context

7Or ministering, [use it] in our ministering, or he that teacheth, [let him use his gift] in his teaching,

9Your love, [be] without hypocrisy,—loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:8but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him,—and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him.

Deuteronomy 16:11So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God—thou, and thy son and thy daughter and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow who are in thy midst,—in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

Psalms 101:1Of lovingkindness and of justice, will I sing! Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I touch the strings!

Proverbs 22:9A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed,—because he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters,—for, after many days, shalt thou find it:

Matthew Henry on Romans 12:2-21

Consecration to God; Duty towards God; Duty towards Ourselves; Due Exercise of Spiritual Gifts; Duty towards Our Brethren; Brotherly Love; Love to Enemies. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I 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. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say,… Read the whole commentary →

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