Romans Chapter 12 verse 13 Holy Bible
communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
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Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.
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distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
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Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
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contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
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to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Distributing to the necessity of saints.--By "saints" is here meant simply "Christians." So, in Ephesians 1:1, we find the salutation addressed to the "saints which are at Ephesus." (Comp. Acts 9:13; Acts 26:10.) The reference is to the well-known poverty of the early Christian communities.Necessity.--Some of the Graeco-Latin manuscripts and fathers here read, memories, or commemorations, by a slight change of letters, "taking part in the commemorations of the saints," as if the allusion was to the later ecclesiastical usage of holding festivals in honour of martyrs. The best manuscripts are wonderfully free from corruptions of this kind, and even inferior manuscripts admit them to a much smaller extent than might have been expected. Other examples would be the insertion of the phrase "and fasting" in Mark 9:29, and the addition of the doxology to the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6:13. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...GreekShare withκοινωνοῦντες (koinōnountes)Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 2841: From koinonos; to share with others.theτῶν (tōn)Article - Genitive Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.saintsἁγίων (hagiōn)Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralStrong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.who [are]ταῖς (tais)Article - Dative Feminine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.in need.χρείαις (chreiais)Noun - Dative Feminine PluralStrong's 5532: From the base of chraomai or chre; employment, i.e. An affair; also occasion, demand, requirement or destitution.Practiceδιώκοντες (diōkontes)Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 1377: To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute.hospitality.φιλοξενίαν (philoxenian)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 5381: Love to strangers, hospitality. From philoxenos; hospitableness.Jump to PreviousAlways Communicating Contribute Contributing Distributing God's Hospitality Houses Necessities Necessity Need Needs Practice Practicing Practise Pursuing Ready Relieve Saints Share
