American Standard Version
Romans 12:6
6And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
Romans 12:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
- New International Version (NIV)We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
Context of Romans 12:6
4For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: 5so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another. And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; 7or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching; 8or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Ἔχοντες δὲ χαρίσματα κατὰ τὴν χάριν τὴν δοθεῖσαν ἡμῖν διάφορα, εἴτε προφητείαν κατὰ τὴν ἀναλογίαν τῆς πίστεως,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 12:6
- Romans 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
- 1 Corinthians 1:5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
- 1 Corinthians 4:6Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 13:2And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- 1 Peter 4:10according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
- Romans 12:3For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.
- Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
- Luke 11:49Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;
- Acts 2:17And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:
- Acts 11:27Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
- Acts 13:1Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- Acts 15:32And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
- Acts 21:9Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
- 1 Corinthians 12:10and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:
- 1 Corinthians 14:1Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Commentaries on Romans 12:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Having then gifts differing, etc. - As the goodness of God, with this view of our mutual subserviency and usefulness, has endowed us with different gifts and qualifications, let each apply himself to the diligent improvement of his particular office and talent, and modestly keep within the bounds of it, not exalting himself or despising others. Whether prophecy - That prophecy, in the New Testament, often means the gift of exhorting, preaching, or of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Having then gifts - All the endowments which Christians have are regarded by the apostle as gifts. God has conferred them; and this fact, when properly felt, tends much to prevent our thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, Romans 12:3. For the use of the word rendered “gifts,” see Romans 1:11; Romans 5:15-16; Romans 6:23; Romans 11:29; 1 Corinthians 7:7; 1 Corinthians 12:4, 1Corinthians 12:9,1 Corinthians 12:28, etc. It may refer to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-8Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The ability to prophesy was one of the most important gifts in the New Testament (see also 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11). Prophets in the book of Acts often predicted the future (see Acts 11:28; 21:10–12). But their main role was to share God's message with Christians (1 Corinthians 12:3, 24–25, 29–30; see also 1 Corinthians 14:1–40). in proportion to his faith: The word proportion (Greek analogia) comes from mathematics and logic. It refers to a…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. Having then gifts differing according to the grace given to us--Here, let it be observed, all the gifts of believers alike are viewed as communications of mere grace. whether--we have the gift of prophecy--that is, of inspired teaching (as in Ac 15:32). Anyone speaking with divine authority--whether with reference to the past, the present, or the future--was termed a prophet (Ex 7:1). let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith--rather, "of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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