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Romans 12

The conversation, love and works of such as believe in Christ. 19 Not to seek revengeance.
1.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye give up your bodies a aliving sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your breasonable serving of God.
2.And fashion not yourself like unto this world, but be ye changed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may *prove what is the cgood will of God, and acceptable, and perfect.
3.For I say through the grace that is given unto me, to every one that is among you, that no man presume to understand above that which is mete to understand, but that he dunderstand according to esobriety, as God hath dealt to every man the *measure of faith.
4.For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not one office,
5.So we being many are one body in Christ, and every one, one anothers members.
6.*Seeing then that we have gifts that are divers, according to the grace that is given unto us, whether we have fprophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of gfaith:
7.Or an office, let us wait on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:
8.Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that hdistributeth, let him do it *with simplicity: he that ruleth, with diligence: he that isheweth mercy, with *cheerfulness.
9.Let love be without dissimulation. *Abhor that which is evil, cleave unto that which is good.
10.*Be affectioned to love one another with brotherly love. In giving honour, go one before another,
11.Not slothful to do service: fervent in spirit: serving ^the Lord,
12.Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, *continuing in prayer.
13.*Distributing unto the necessities of the Saints: *giving yourselves to hospitality.
14.*Bless them which persecute you: bless, I say, and curse not.
15.Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16.Be of like affection one towards another: *be not high minded: but make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort: be not wise in kyourselves.
17.*Recompense to no man evil for evil: *lprocure things honest in the sight of all men.
18.*If it be possible, asmuch as in you is, have peace with all men.
19.Dearly beloved, *avenge not yourselves, but give place unto wrath: for it is written, *Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord.
20.*Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing, thou shalt heap mcoals of fire on his head.
21.Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with goodness.

Notes

1-a.
Instead of dead beasts, lively sacrifice: instead of the blood of beasts which was but a shadow and pleased not God of itself, the acceptable sacrifice of the spiritual man, framed by faith to godliness and charity.
1-b.
That is, true, lawful, and spiritual, 1 Pet. 2.5
2-*.
Ephes. 5.17, 1 Thess. 4.3
2-c.
Whatsoever is not agreeable to God’s will, is evil, displeasant and unperfect.
3-*.
1 Cor. 12.11, Ephes. 4.7
3-d.
Two things are required, if we will judge soberly of God’s gifts in us: the one that we do not arrogate to ourselves that which we have not: next, that we boast not of the gifts, but reverently use them to God’s honour.
3-e.
That is soberly, not neglecting Gods gifts, but using them to his glory.
6-*.
1 Pet. 4.10
6-f.
By prophesying here he means preaching and teaching and by office or ministry, all such be offices, as appertain to the Church, as Elders, Deacons, &c.
8-*.
Mat. 6.2
8-*-1.
2 Cor. 9.7
8-h.
Of these officers some are Deacons, some Governors, some keep the poor.
8-i.
He means them which were appointed to look unto the poor, as for the most part were the widows, Act 6.1, 1 Tim. 5.9
9-*.
Amos 5.15
10-*.
Ephes. 4.2 , Ebr. 13.1, 1 Pet. 2.17
11-^.
Or, the time
12-*.
Luk. 18.1
13-*.
1 Cor. 16.1
13-*-1.
Ebr. 13.2
14-*.
Mat. 5.44, 1 Pet. 4.13
16-*.
Prov. 3.7, Isa. 5.21
16-k.
That is, in your own conceit.
17-*.
Prov. 20.22, Matt. 5.39, 1 Pet. 3.9
17-*-1.
2 Cor. 8.21
17-l.
Live so honestly and godly that no man can find fault with you.
18-*.
Ebr. 12.14
19-*.
Eccle. 28.1, Mat. 5.38
19-*-1.
Deut. 32.35, Ebr. 10.30
20-*.
Prov. 25.21
20-m.
For either thou shalt win him with thy benefit, or else his consci- ence shall bear him witness that God’s burning wrath hangeth over him.