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or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
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Focus on Your Function
Commentators emphasize a clear message: identify your specific God-given role and devote yourself to it. If you are gifted for practical service ('ministry'), excel in that. If you are gifted to teach, focus on teaching. The health of the church depends on each member diligently fulfilling their unique function without trying to be someone they are not.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or ministry, (diakonian). This word properly means service of any kind (Luke 10:40). It is used in religion …
Let us give ourselves . There is no verb in the Greek. We must supply δÂωμεν εαυτους or some such phrase.
Or he tha…
19th Century
Anglican
Ministry.—The word used is the technical term for the discharge of the office of deacon. The institution of this office is describ…
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Baptist
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;…
“We have different gifts [GK 5922].”
Paul is not referring to gifts in the natural realm, but to those functions made possible by a specific …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Or ministry, [let us wait] on our ministry The word (diakonia) sometimes signifies the wh…
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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 bod…
13th Century
Catholic
After this admonition, the Apostle gives a reason based on the mystical body’s likeness to a natural body. He first addresses three thing…
