Humble Service in the Body of Christ

For by the grace given me(A) I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

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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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The Law and Sin

What shall we say, then?(A) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(B) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(C) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[a](D)

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Notas al pie

  1. Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

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But to each one of us(A) grace(B) has been given(C) as Christ apportioned it.

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But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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15 And the prayer offered in faith(A) will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

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15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

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Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(A)

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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,(A) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God(B) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.(C) No one who is born of God(D) will continue to sin,(E) because God’s seed(F) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God(G) are and who the children of the devil(H) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(I) their brother and sister.(J)

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11 For this is the message you heard(K) from the beginning:(L) We should love one another.(M) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(N) and murdered his brother.(O) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(P) 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[a] if the world hates you.(Q) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(R) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(S) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(T) is a murderer,(U) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(V)

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(W) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(X) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(Y) how can the love of God be in that person?(Z) 18 Dear children,(AA) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(AB)

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(AC) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(AD) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(AE) because we keep his commands(AF) and do what pleases him.(AG) 23 And this is his command: to believe(AH) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(AI) and to love one another as he commanded us.(AJ) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(AK) lives in him,(AL) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(AM)

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Notas al pie

  1. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

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