The Measure of Faith and Diverse Gifts
He is being transformed. Having forewarned that God measures the measure of faith (Rom 12:3-8), he follows the preceding pattern and defends the one giving, persuading us not to be saddened if anyone has a lesser gift. For just as if there were a cheap part in a body, it is useful for everything, and the large and the small are apportioned into one body; for it is an induction from the former that we are members of one another. Those having diverse gifts act instead of the one having diverse gifts. The one giving in simplicity—that is, what the Lord says: give to everyone asking you, not seeking either good or evil and to whom you give (Luke 6:30)—since this precision often prevents us from giving to those to whom it ought to be given, the suspicion in us having erred many times.
It is worthy for those to be subject to kings who persevere in the service of the will of God (Rom 13:1), unless perhaps it refers to persecutions in progress; for concerning enduring all things through the faith.
Greek
μεταμορφοῦται. Ro+m12,4–8 Προειρηκὼς ὅτι ὁ θεὸς μετρεῖ τὸ μέτρον τῆς πίστεως, τῷ ἑπομένῳ ὑποδείγματι καὶ ἀπολογεῖται ὑπὲρ τοῦ διδόντος καὶ μὴ λυπεῖσθαι πείθει, εἴ τις ἔλαττον ἔχοι τὸ χάρισμα. οἷον γὰρ ἂν ἦεν σώματι εὐτελὲς μέρος, χρήσιμόν ἐστι παντί, καὶ τὸ μέγα καὶ τὸ μικρὸν εἰς ἓν ἀπαρτίζεται σῶμα· ἐπαγωγὴ γάρ ἐστι τοῦ πρὸ τούτου ὅτι ἀλλήλων ἐσμὲν μέλη. τὸ ἔχοντες χαρίσματα διάφορα ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔχοντος μέντοι χαρίσματα διάφορα. ὁ μεταδιδοὺς ἐν ἁπλότητι, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ὅ φησιν ὁ κύριος· παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου, μὴ ζητῶν εἴτε καλὸν εἴτε κακὸν καὶ τίνι δίδως, ἐπεὶ ἡ ἀκρίβεια αὕτη πολλάκις οἷς χρὴ δοθῆναι κωλύει ἡμᾶς διδόναι, τῆς ὑποψίας ἐν ἡμῖν σφαλλομένης πολλάκις. 224 Ro+m13,1 Ἄξιον τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ὑποτάσσεσθαι προσκαρτεροῦσι τῇ λειτουργίᾳ τῆς βουλήσεως τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰ μήπου ὑπόθεσίς ἐστι διωγμῶν ἐν μέσῳ· περὶ γὰρ τοῦ διὰ τὴν πίστιν ὑπομένειν πάντα
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A deep exploration of Paul's divine mission and God's judgment, revealing why faith matters in a world that ignores Christ.
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- Copy-text PG 65 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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