Romans 12:16 - New American Standard Bible. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our good friend Quartus send their greetings. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Paul’s teaching in chapters 12-16 is primarily the application of what he has just taught in chapters 1-11. I heartily endorse both her and her work. 3-5 Do you want to be on good terms with the government? 22-23 Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don’t impose it on others. 17-19 Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. 7 Hello to my cousins Andronicus and Junias. Jesus, staying true to God’s purposes, reached out in a special way to the Jewish insiders so that the old ancestral promises would come true for them. My text has been. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. But if you’re not sure, if you notice that you are acting in ways inconsistent with what you believe—some days trying to impose your opinions on others, other days just trying to please them—then you know that you’re out of line. Strength is for service, not status. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can... Read verse in The Message Bible This phrase reads … Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. 8-10 Don’t run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other. If you’re irresponsible to the state, then you’re irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible. As soon as I have done this—personally handed over this “fruit basket”—I’m off to Spain, with a stopover with you in Rome. God’s peace be with all of you. 14-16 Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Just think of all the Scriptures that will come true in what we do! Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! 30-33 I have one request, dear friends: Pray for me. Fulfill your obligations as a citizen. 8 Hello to Ampliatus, my good friend in the family of God. Here’s what you need to be concerned about: that you don’t get in the way of someone else, making life more difficult than it already is. The Message, Ministry Edition: The Bible in Contemporary Language, The Message Bible, Compact Soft leather-look, tan, The Message Large-Print Devotional Bible, hardcover, NIV and The Message Side-by-Side Bible, Two Bible Versions Together for Study and Comparison, Large Print, Contemporary Comparative Side-by-Side Bible: NIV/NKJV/NLT/The Message, Bonded leather, burgundy. Read verse in The Message Bible Romans 12 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life - and place it before God as an offering. I’m convinced—Jesus convinced me!—that everything as it is in itself is holy. In so doing, Paul moves love out of the realm of the abstract into the realm of the concrete. Pray strenuously with and for me—to God the Father, through the power of our Master Jesus, through the love of the Spirit—that I will be delivered from the lions’ den of unbelievers in Judea. Highlights of Romans 12-16 (Romans 12-16) 04/07/13: Romans: Various Topics; Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video; Transforming Power (Romans 1:16-17) 03/24/02 : The Wrath of God (Romans 1:18) 04/23/06 : God's Healing Power (Romans 1:16-17) 03/29/98 : You’re fortunate if your behavior and your belief are coherent. People of all nations, celebrate God!All colors and races, give hearty praise! Do not be wise in your own opinion. Gain a concise, fundamental grasp of what the Bible is all about. The Message Update. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. For instance: Then I’ll join outsiders in a hymn-sing;I’ll sing to your name! She’s helped many a person, including me. There are good reasons either way. Make friends with nobodies; don't be the great somebody. 14-16 Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. 23 Gaius, who is host here to both me and the whole church, wants to be remembered to you. Oh, yes! Be a responsible citizen and you’ll get on just fine, the government working to your advantage. Give these people a wide berth. Instead, fix your attention on God. Romans 12:14-16-20-21 MSG Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. Never be wise in your own sight. 15 1-2 Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson, The Message (MSG). Hello to my dear friend Epenetus. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it’s important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. We can’t afford to waste a minute, must not squander these precious daylight hours in frivolity and indulgence, in sleeping around and dissipation, in bickering and grabbing everything in sight. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. So be sensitive and courteous to the others who are eating. 27 All our praise is focused through Jesus on this incomparably wise God! But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn’t amount to much, would we? Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Romans 16:1-16 – September 7, 2007 “Greet one another with a holy kiss” (Romans 16:16). The Message (MSG) Bible Book List. Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around. So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t. Romans 12:16 - Be of the same mind one toward another. "same mind"-() "Have equal regard for one another" (NEB). Gain a concise, fundamental grasp of what the Bible is all about. Romans 12:16 - MSG - Get along with each other; don't be stuck-up.... Study verse in the The Message My hope is that my visit with you is going to be one of Christ’s more extravagant blessings. That’s why you must live responsibly—not just to avoid punishment but also because it’s the right way to live. Romans 12:16 Get along with each other; don't be stuck-up. If there are corrections to be made or manners to be learned, God can handle that without your help. In some ways Romans 16 appears to be one of the least-interesting chapters of the New Testament. Romans 12:16-21 The Message (MSG) 14-16 Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. 3 I’m speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness. 6-7 That’s also why you pay taxes—so that an orderly way of life can be maintained. Romans 12:16 - The Message. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. God, after all, invited them both to the table. In such ways I have trailblazed a preaching of the Message of Jesus all the way from Jerusalem far into northwestern Greece. Your critical and condescending ways aren’t going to improve your position there one bit. Romans 12:16 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana … 14 Hello to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and also to all of their families. Don’t loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute. Do not be wise in your own estimation. 17-19 Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. Decent citizens should have nothing to fear. Timothy, my partner in this work, Lucius, and my cousins Jason and Sosipater all said to tell you hello. breaking through the earth and growing tree tall. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. A Sermon on Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. The law code—don’t sleep with another person’s spouse, don’t take someone’s life, don’t take what isn’t yours, don’t always be wanting what you don’t have, and any other “don’t” you can think of—finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself. 4-6 In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Romans 12:16 English Standard Version (ESV). Help her out in whatever she asks. This morning I want us to … Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. You’ve got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God. Yes! It’s God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. No, God brings it all to you. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. In chapter 12 of Romans, Paul gives an overview of what real, sincere love looks like. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Jesus did it; now you do it! I have no interest in giving you a chatty account of my adventures, only the wondrously powerful and transformingly present words and deeds of Christ in me that triggered a believing response among the outsiders. Don’t eat or say or do things that might interfere with the free exchange of love. So, each person is free to follow the convictions of conscience. “I’ll do the judging,” says God. 3-6 That’s exactly what Jesus did. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Treat them gently. So live responsibly as a citizen. It’s not criticism. Romans 12 New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) Dedicated Service. They have no intention of living for our Master Christ. Paul therefore sensed a respon… [a]Do not be conceited. Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, “How can I help?”. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t you dare let a piece of God-blessed food become an occasion of soul-poisoning! Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Commentary on Romans 12:17-21 (Read Romans 12:17-21) Since men became enemies to God, they have been very ready to be enemies one to another. Verse 16 shows us how to get along together in church.. 16 Live in harmony with one another.. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. It is therefore necessary to briefly review the first 11 chapters of Romans as a reminder of what has already gone before, and especially as the basis for Paul’s exhortation. 16 Live in harmony with one another. 13 1-3 Be a good citizen. Font Size. Hello to Persis, a dear friend and hard worker in Christ. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality. 17-19 Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. The body we’re talking about is Christ’s body of chosen people. 12 Hello to Tryphena and Tryphosa—such diligent women in serving the Master. And don’t jump all over them every time they do or say something you don’t agree with—even when it seems that they are strong on opinions but weak in the faith department. I said it before and I’ll say it again: All food is good, but it can turn bad if you use it badly, if you use it to trip others up and send them sprawling. Enjoy the best of Jesus! Here … I’m headed for Spain, and expect to stop off on the way to enjoy a good visit with you, and eventually have you send me off with God’s blessing. May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! Paul's list of commands describes a lifestyle of setting ourselves aside. Don’t let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good. “I took on the troubles of the troubled,” is the way Scripture puts it. He didn’t make it easy for himself by avoiding people’s troubles, but waded right in and helped out. 15-16 If you confuse others by making a big issue over what they eat or don’t eat, you’re no longer a companion with them in love, are you? You’ll be changed from the inside out. 19-20 And so while there has never been any question about your honesty in these matters—I couldn’t be more proud of you!—I want you also to be smart, making sure every “good” thing is the real thing. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Do not be conceited. 3-5 Say hello to Priscilla and Aquila, who have worked hand in hand with me in serving Jesus. Read it for yourself in Scripture: “As I live and breathe,” God says,    “every knee will bow before me;Every tongue will tell the honest truth    that I and only I am God.”. 13 Hello to Rufus—a good choice by the Master!—and his mother. Eventually, we’re all going to end up kneeling side by side in the place of judgment, facing God. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. 12 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, [] acceptable to God, which is your [] spiritual service of worship. 13-14 Forget about deciding what’s right for each other. We must not only do … 20-21 Our Scriptures tell us that if you see your enemy hungry, go buy that person lunch, or if he’s thirsty, get him a drink. You’re certainly not going to permit an argument over what is served or not served at supper to wreck God’s work among you, are you? Duly constituted authorities are only a threat if you’re trying to get by with something. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it’s written for us. 25-29 First, though, I’m going to Jerusalem to deliver a relief offering to the followers of Jesus there. She has also been a dear mother to me. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. Recompense to no man evil for evil. (A)Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Pay your taxes, pay your bills, respect your leaders. Depending on Divine grace, they must detest and dread all evil, and love and delight in whatever is kind and useful. "I'll take care of it." 14 Welcome with open arms fellow believers who don’t see things the way you do. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Message reviews 12 key verses in Philippians that are particularly helpful in the Christian's daily life. If the way you live isn’t consistent with what you believe, then it’s wrong. The police aren’t there just to be admired in their uniforms. “I’ll take care of it.”. But since both are guests at Christ’s table, wouldn’t it be terribly rude if they fell to criticizing what the other ate or didn’t eat? Make friends with nobodies; don't be the great somebody. The Message, Large Print Premium Leather, Black, The Message Compact Bible, Teal and Brown Python, The Message Large-Print Devotional Bible--soft leather-look, brown, The Message Large-Print Deluxe Gift Bible--soft leather-look, teal, The Message Large Print Edition, Deluxe Lavender Linen Hardcover. 17-18 One final word of counsel, friends. She deserves anything you can do for her. 12:9-16 The professed love of Christians to each other should be sincere, free from deceit, and unmeaning and deceitful compliments. 22 I, Tertius, who wrote this letter at Paul’s dictation, send you my personal greetings. 5 Or, say, one person thinks that some days should be set aside as holy and another thinks that each day is pretty much like any other. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. Romans 12 Place Your Life Before God 1-2 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Never be wise in your own sight. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. Would you risk sending them to hell over an item in their diet? We, of course, by the way we treat it or talk about it, can contaminate it. Be not wise in your own conceits. Do that and you’ll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. But now that there is no more pioneering work to be done in these parts, and since I have looked forward to seeing you for many years, I’m planning my visit. (ESV) Learn how to react to other people and what they do. 10 Hello to Apelles, a tried-and-true veteran in following Christ. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. 11-14 But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. All the non-Jewish gatherings of believers also owe them plenty, to say nothing of the church that meets in their house. 9 Hello to Urbanus, our companion in Christ’s work, and my good friend Stachys. 7-13 So reach out and welcome one another to God’s glory. Then, God willing, I’ll be on my way to you with a light and eager heart, looking forward to being refreshed by your company. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. They’re only in this for what they can get out of it, and aren’t above using pious sweet talk to dupe unsuspecting innocents. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Those who were never told of him—    they’ll see him!Those who’ve never heard of him—    they’ll get the message! None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. 6-8 If you preach, just preach God’s Message, nothing else; if you help, just help, don’t take over; if you teach, stick to your teaching; if you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don’t get bossy; if you’re put in charge, don’t manipulate; if you’re called to give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond; if you work with the disadvantaged, don’t let yourself get irritated with them or depressed by them. The epistle is full of counsel for the way Christians should think about life and all its components. And I’m not the only one grateful to them. 2-4 For instance, a person who has been around for a while might well be convinced that he can eat anything on the table, while another, with a different background, might assume he should only be a vegetarian and eat accordingly. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. God also has an interest in keeping order, and he uses them to do it. 25-26 All of our praise rises to the One who is strong enough to make you strong, exactly as preached in Jesus Christ, precisely as revealed in the mystery kept secret for so long but now an open book through the prophetic Scriptures. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. This has all been pioneer work, bringing the Message only into those places where Jesus was not yet known and worshiped. 12 1-2 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Romans 12:16: Get along with each other; don't be stuck-up. Keep a smile on your face. 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