Romans 12:3 Cross References - MNT

³ For, through the grace that was given to me, I tell every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think, as to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God has given him.

¹ At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" ² When he had called a little child to him, Jesus set him among them, and answered. ³ "In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will not even enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ "Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven;

¹¹ "The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;

³⁴ For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

⁵ It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name's sake;

²⁰ True, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, but fear;

²⁵ For I would not, my brothers, have you ignorant of this hidden truth, for fear that you become wise in your own conceits. that a hardening in part has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles is come in.

⁶ But we have gifts differing according to the grace which was given to us. He that has the gift of prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his faith. ⁷ If it is the gift of administration, let us give ourselves to our service. ⁸ Let the teacher give himself to his teaching; and he who exhorts others to his exhortation. He who gives, let him do it in singleness of mind. He who rules, let him rule with diligence; and he who shows mercy must be cheerful.

¹⁶ Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

¹⁵ Still I have written unto you the more boldly, in part, by way of reminding you, because of that gift of grace which God bestowed upon me, in making me a priest of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles. ¹⁶ I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁰ According to the grace of God vouchsafed me, like a skillful master-builder, I have laid a foundation; but another will be building upon it. Let each take heed how he builds on it.

⁷ For who makes you a differ, brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why are you boasting as if you had not received it? ⁸ But you, forsooth, are already full, are you? You are already rich? Without us you are already reigning? Yes, and I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

¹⁷ Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one—and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him—in that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.

⁷ Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸ For to one man by the Spirit has been given a word of wisdom, to another a word of insight by the same Spirit; ⁹ to one man by the same Spirit is given faith, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; ¹⁰ to another the powers which work miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

⁷ It was for this reason, lest I should be over-elated, that there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be over-elated.

¹³ In what respect, then, were you inferior to the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

⁸ (for he who has equipped Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised, equipped me also for the apostleship to the Gentiles), ⁹ and when they recognized the grace which had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, then thought to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and to me the right hand of fellowship. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the Jews.

³ If a man fancies himself to be somebody when he is really nobody he is deceiving himself.

² for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?

⁴ By reading what I have written, you can judge of my insight into that secret truth of Christ

⁷ It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power. ⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

⁷ And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the munificence of Christ. ⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men. ⁹ Now surely this "he ascended" implies that he also descended into the lower part of the earth. ¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above the highest heaven, that he might fill the universe. ¹¹ It is he who made some men apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, ¹² in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ— ¹³ till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

¹⁶ From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

³ Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself. ⁴ Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. ⁵ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained, ⁷ but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men. ⁸ More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.

²⁹ For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.

¹³ And you also, at one time dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sensual nature, he has made alive together with himself. For he forgave us all our transgressions,

¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord overflowed with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.

⁹ in like manner also the women. I desire women to clothe themselves in suitable apparel, adorning themselves with reverence and self-restraint; not with hair plaited with gold or pearls, or with expensive clothes,

¹⁵ Notwithstanding she will be saved by the Child-bearing; (so will they all), if they live in faith and love and holiness, with self-restraint.

² that the older men be self-controlled, serious and sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

⁴ They should train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

⁶ The younger men exhort to be sober-minded; in every respect showing yourself an example of good works.

¹² And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

⁶ But he gives more and more grace. therefore it is said, God ever resists the proud; but to the humble he gives grace continually.

¹³ So then brace up your minds, be steady in spirit, and fix your hope firmly in the grace that is coming to you, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

⁷ But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.

¹¹ If any one preaches, let him always preach as one who utters God's truth; if any one serves another, let it be with the strength which God supplies; so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and dominion for ever and ever, Amen.

⁵ You younger men must submit to the presbyters; and all of you must put on the garment of humility and serve one another, for God resists the haughty, But gives grace to the humble.

⁸ Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

⁹ I have written somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who love to take the lead among them, does not receive me.