Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:8
Or he that exhorteth - Ὁ παρακαλων , The person who admonished and reprehended the unruly or disorderly; and who supported the weak and comforted the penitents, and those who were under heaviness through manifold temptations. He that giveth - He who distributeth the alms of the Church, with simplicity - being influenced by no partiality, but dividing to each according to the necessity of his case. He that ruleth - Ὁ προΐσταμενος , He that presides over a particular business;... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:7
Or ministry - Διακονια simply means the office of a deacon; and what this office was, see in the note on Acts 6:4 ; (note), where the subject is largely discussed. Or he that teacheth - The teacher, διδασκαλος , was a person whose office it was to instruct others, who thereby catechizing, or simply explaining the grand truths of Christianity. read more