Romans 12:3-21

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Romans 12:21

REFLECTIONS Precious Lord Jesus! in the unceasing view of thee, and thy living sacrifice, through the mercies of Covenant-love, oh! may I be enabled to come daily, hourly, to the throne of grace, and present myself in thy holiness, for acceptance before God, as the reasonably service of thy redeemed. And do thou Lord, grant me grace, to be daily, hourly, weaning from a world, from which I am momently departing, that I may no longer be conformed to it, but transformed, by the renewing of my... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:3

To be wise unto sobriety. Not pretending to be more wise, or more knowing than you are. --- As God hath divided to every one the measure of faith. The sense by what follows is, that every one make the best use, for the glory of God, and the good of his neighbour, of the gifts and graces which he hath received together with the faith of Christ; i.e. of prophecy, or the gift of interpreting past prophecies, or of foretelling things to come, of exhorting, of ministering as to those functions... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:9

The apostle does not here prohibit that defence, by which a person, either by word or action, preserves himself from injury. This he could not condemn, since he had so often recourse to it himself, as we read in the Acts of the Apostles: and in the second [epistle] to Timothy, he writes: "In my first defence no one was with me." Be he only forbids that revenge which a person takes of his neighbour, by private means, without having recourse to legal authority. (Estius) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:13

Communicating [2] to the necessities of the saints. Making them partakers of what you have, by relieving them. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Communicantes; Greek: koinonountes. Koinonein is often used by St. Paul for making others sharers by giving to them. ==================== read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:16

Condescending to the humble, in the spirit of charity and sweetness. See Luke ii. 48. (Witham) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:18

If it be possible,....have peace with all. That is, if it can be without prejudice to truth or justice, &c. And even when others wrong you, seek not to revenge yourself, but leave you cause to God. Do good offices even to those that do evil to you. (Witham) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:19

Give place to wrath. That we do, says St. John Chrysostom, when we leave all to God, and endeavour to return good for evil. (Witham) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:20

Thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. This figurative way of speaking is differently expounded. Some say, inasmuch as by this means thou shalt make him liable to greater punishments from God. Others, as St. Jerome and St. Augustine, by coals of fire, understand kindnesses and benefits, which shall touch the heart, and inflame the affections even of thy enemies, which shall make them sorry for what they have done, and become thy friends. (Witham) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 12:21

This is the apostle's conclusion of the foregoing instructions. Be not overcome by the malice of thy enemy, so as to wish to revenge thyself, without leaving all to the just judgment of God; but overcome his malice by thy kindness. This is complied with, when upon occasion of injuries received we always return a kindness, and in proportion as the malice of our enemies increases, our spirit of benevolence should also increase. (Estius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:3-8

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 to improve them, it would humble us. But as we... read more

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