Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 12:7

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7. Or ministry, let us wait on —"be occupied with." our ministering —The word here used imports any kind of service, from the dispensing of the word of life ( Acts 6:4 ) to the administering of the temporal affairs of the Church ( Acts 6:4- : ). The latter seems intended here, being distinguished from "prophesying," "teaching," and "exhorting." or he that teacheth —Teachers are expressly distinguished from prophets, and put after them, as exercising a lower function ( Acts 13:1 ; 1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 12:29 ). Probably it consisted mainly in opening up the evangelical bearings of Old Testament Scripture; and it was in this department apparently that Apollos showed his power and eloquence ( 1 Corinthians 12:29- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-rom-12-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/rom-12-7

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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