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Before he exhorted to a holy life in general, now he comes to more particular exhortations.
I say; i.e. I enjoin and command; see Gal_5:16. I do not only beseech you, as Rom_12:1, but I also require you, as one that hath authority.
Through the grace given unto me:. {see Rom_1:5} See Poole on "Rom_1:5".
To every man that is among you; more particularly, to him that hath any particular gift or office in the church.
Not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; i.e. not to be drunk with a proud and overweening conceit of himself, his own wisdom, ability, &c.
But to think soberly, or modestly; let him contain himself within bounds, and not take upon him what doth not belong to him; let him not contemn others, and pretend to more than he hath. There is an elegant paronomasia in the Greek, which our language cannot reach.
According as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith: faith here is put for the knowledge of God and Christ, and all other spiritual gifts and graces bestowed upon the faithful; these are called faith, because they are given with faith, and exercised by faith: of these, God deals to every man his measure or portion; not all gifts to one, nor the same gift to every one in the same measure or proportion: see Rom_12:6 Eph_4:7.