Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 12:9 - 12:9

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 12:9 - 12:9


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9. The classification of the following clauses is not systematic: some refer to duties to Christians, some to non-Christians, some to both; and the different references are intermixed (cf. τῇ θλίψει, Rom 12:12; εὐλογεῖτε κ.τ.λ. 14). Throughout recognised characteristics or conditions of the Christian life are named, and the temper of mind enjoined in which they should be exercised or treated. These commands, then, elements of Christian law, are not rules of action but principles of conduct. The Christian law is not embodied in external precepts, but in the example of Christ, adopted by faith. The contrast with the Jewish law is exactly the same as in the Sermon on the Mount. The particulars can all be signally paralleled from the Gospel account of Jesus.