Romans 12:3

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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 has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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Ambrosiaster

AD 400

Here Paul teaches us that we ought to know that the bounds of righteousness must not be transgressed, so that not only will it be of service to us but it will not harm anyone else either. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

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Basil the Great

AD 379

Paul clearly allots to each one the form of ministry which is right for him and forbids him to encroach on another’s territory when he says this.

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Gennadius of Constantinople

AD 471

Paul said this in criticism of those brothers who were running after charismatic gifts. God did not give us his gift in order that we should hate each other or that spiritual things should become an excuse for warfare, but so that we should enjoy harmony and friendship and the common salvation of all. None of you has anything by right, but the one who is worthy of the greatest, as well as the one who is worthy of the least of the charismatic gifts, has been given it by God. Knowing this he ought to use it according to the measure of his faith. .

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

To be wise unto sobriety. Not pretending to be more wise, or more knowing than you are. As God hath divided to every one the measure of faith. The sense by what follows is, that every one make the best use, for the glory of God, and the good of his neighbour, of the gifts and graces which he hath received together with the faith of Christ; i.e. of prophecy, or the gift of interpreting past prophecies, or of foretelling things to come, of exhorting, of ministering as to those functions which belong to the ministers of the gospel (Witham)

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Irenaeus of Lyons

AD 202

For this cause also the apostle says, "Be not wise beyond what it is fitting to be wise, but be wise prudently"

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

Paul addresses these words not to one group of people only but to everyone. The governor and the governed, the slave and the free, the ignorant and the wise, the woman and the man, the young and the old—all are included. The law is the Lord’s and is therefore common to everyone.

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