Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
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ASV
For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.
KJV
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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Commentary
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31 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| λέγω | legō | I say | G3004 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| χάριτος | charitos | grace | G5485 → |
| τῆς | tēs | which | G3588 → |
| δοθείσης | dotheisēs | having been given | G1325 → |
| μοι | moi | to me | G3165 → |
| παντὶ | panti | to everyone | G3956 → |
| τῷ | tō | who | G3588 → |
| ὄντι | onti | is being | G1510 → |
| ἐν | en | among | G1722 → |
| ὑμῖν, | humin | you, | G4771 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| ὑπερφρονεῖν | huperphronein | to be high-minded | G5252 → |
| παρ᾽ | par᾽ | above | G3844 → |
| ὃ | ho | what | G3739 → |
| δεῖ | dei | it behooves [you] | G1163 → |
| φρονεῖν, | phronein | to think, | G5426 → |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 → |
| φρονεῖν | phronein | to think | G5426 → |
| εἰς | eis | so as | G1519 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| σωφρονεῖν, | sōphronein | to be sober-minded, | G4993 → |
| ἑκάστῳ | hekastō | to each | G1538 → |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → |
| ἐμέρισεν | emerisen | has allotted | G3307 → |
| μέτρον | metron | a measure | G3358 → |
| πίστεως. | pisteōs | of faith. | G4102 → |
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