--- title: "Romans 12 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Romans 12 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 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 reaso" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/romans/12" --- [ Read](/kjv/romans/12)[ Commentary](/study/romans/12)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/romans/12) Audio 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, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think *of himself* more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according 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 the same office: 5 So we, *being* many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, *let us prophesy* according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, *let us wait* on *our* ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 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. 9 *Let* love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 *Be* kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16 *Be* of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but *rather* 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 coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. [Romans 11](/study/romans/11) [Romans 13](/study/romans/13) ## Commentary To verse 1 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. **** Ver. 1. **I beseech** ] *Volumus et iubemus* we wish and we order, became the pope’s style, A. D. 606. **By the mercies of God** ] His manifold mercies, δια των οικτιρμων . *Per miserationes amplificationis causa.* (Beza.) We that have received so many mercies, must not only *servire Deo, sed et adulate,* serve God but even worship him, saith Tertullian. Mercy calls for duty; deliverance commands obedience, and there is so milch disingenuity in the contrary, that holy Ezra thinks heaven and earth would be ashamed of it,[Ezra 9:13-14](/kjv/ezra/9/13-14); [Ezra 9:13-14](/kjv/ezra/9/13-14) . The cords of kindness are called "the cords of a man,"[Hosea 11:4](/kjv/hosea/11/4); [Hosea 11:4](/kjv/hosea/11/4) ; rational motives befitting the nature of a man. So that to sin against mercy is to sin against humanity; it is bestial, and fits a man for destruction, [Romans 9:22](/kjv/romans/9/22) ; like as when medicine which should remove the disease, doth co-operate with it, then death comes with the more pain and speed. No excess more dangerous than that of bread: no judgment more terrible than that of mercy despised and abused. Abused mercy turns into fury. *Patientia laesa fit furor.* **That ye present** ] As they of old did their sacrifices at the altar. With the burnt offering, which signified the sacrificing of the flesh, was joined the sin offering, that is, Christ. Faith applies Christ to the believer, and the believer to Christ. **Your bodies** ] That is, your whole person. Cainistce sunt, saith Luther, *offerentes non persoham, sed opus personae.* They are Cainists that offer to God the work done, but do not offer themselves to God. **A living sacrifice** ] In the old law they had many kinds of sacrifices killed and offered. 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