Romans 12:11 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 12:11

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

KJV

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ASV

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

WEB

Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

YLT

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

DBT

as to diligent zealousness, not slothful; in spirit fervent; serving the Lord.

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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45 verses on the floor

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Hebrews 6:10–11
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Revelation 3:15
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Acts 18:25
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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This is an argument most sweetly cogent. There is the mercy that is in God and the mercy that is from God--mercy in the spring and mercy in the streams: both are included here; but especially gospel-mercies (mentioned ch. ix. ), the transferring of what the Jews forfeited and lost by their unbelief unto us Gentiles ( Eph. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(5.) Continuing instant in prayer. Prayer is a friend to hope and patience, and we do in it serve the Lord. It signifies both fervency and perseverance in prayer.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Another reading--"serving the time," or "the occasion"--which differs in form but very slightly from the received reading, has been adopted by good critics [LUTHER, OLSHAUSEN, FRITZSCHE, MEYER]. But as manuscript authority is decidedly against it, so is internal evidence; and comparatively few favor it. Nor is the sense which it yields a very Christian one.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G139825× in canon G4151378× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ROM 12:111PE 4:8 PRO 10:12
ROM 12:111PE 4:8 COL 3:14
ROM 12:111PE 4:8 PRO 17:9
ROM 12:111PE 4:8 JAS 5:20
ROM 12:111PE 4:8 1PE 1:22
ROM 12:11PRO 13:4 PRO 12:24
ROM 12:11PRO 13:4 PRO 12:11
ROM 12:11PRO 13:4 2PE 1:5-11

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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