Romans 12:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Either office in administration, or he that teacheth in teachyng:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἴτε διακονίαν, ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ: εἴτε ὁ διδάσκων, ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ·

Transliteration

Whether diakonian, in the diakonia; whether the one didaskōn, in the didaskalia;

Grammar Details

• *diakonian*: accusative, feminine, singular - ministry/service
• *diakonia*: dative, feminine, singular - ministry/service
• *didaskōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - teaching
• *didaskalia*: dative, feminine, singular - teaching/instruction

Word Meanings

• *diakonian*: ministry/service/office of service
• *diakonia*: ministry/service/attendance/aid
• *didaskōn*: teaching/instructing
• *didaskalia*: teaching/instruction/doctrine

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gaue some apostles, and some prophetes, and some euangelistes, and some shepheardes and teachers,
• Acts 13:1 : 1 There was also in the Churche that was at Antioche, certayne prophetes, and teachers: as Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, which had ben norisshed vp with Herode the tetrarch, and Saul.
• Acts 20:20 : 20 And howe I kept backe nothing that was profitable vnto you, but haue shewed you, and haue taught you openly, and throughout euery house.
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
• 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God hath ordayned some in the Churche, first Apostles, secondarely, prophetes, thirdely teachers, then them that do miracles: after that, the giftes of healyng, helpers, gouernours, diuersitie of tongues.
• Gal 6:6 : 6 Let hym that is taught in the word, minister vnto hym that teacheth hym, in all good thynges.
• Col 1:28-29 : 28 Whom we preache, warnyng euery man, and teachyng euery man in all wisdome, to present all men perfect in Christe Iesus: 29 Wherunto I also labour striuyng, according to his workyng which worketh in me mightylie.
• Col 4:17 : 17 And say to Archippus: take heede to the ministerie that thou hast receaued in the Lorde, that thou fulfyll it.
• 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 Wherevnto I am ordeined a preacher and an apostle (I tell the trueth in Christe, and lye not) a teacher of the gentiles in fayth and veritie.
• 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,
• 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe, and vnto doctrine, and continue therein: For in doying this, thou shalt both saue thy selfe, and them that heare thee.
• 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses, the same commit thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apt to teache other also.
• 2 Tim 2:24 : 24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue: but be gentle vnto all men, apt to teache, sufferyng euyll in mekenesse,
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preache the worde, be instant in season, out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine.
• 1 Pet 5:1-4 : 1 The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened: 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde: 3 Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke. 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
• Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes, and Israel thy lawe: They shall put incense before thy nose, and the burnt sacrifice vpon thine aulter.
• 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreouer, God forbid that I shoulde sinne against the Lord, and ceasse praying for you: but I will shewe you the good and right way.
• Ps 34:11 : 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God.
• Ps 51:13 : 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked: and sinners shalbe conuerted vnto thee.
• Eccl 12:9 : 9 The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables:
• Isa 21:8 : 8 And he cryed, a lion, my Lorde I stande continually vpon the watche towre in the day tyme, and am appoynted to kepe my watch euery nyght.
• Ezek 3:17-21 : 17 Thou sonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt heare the worde at my mouth, and geue them warning from me. 18 When I shall say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely dye, and thou geuest not him warning, nor speakest to admonishe the wicked of his euill way, and so to liue: then shal the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrighteousnesse, but his blood wyl I require of thyne hand. 19 Neuerthelesse, if thou geue warning vnto the wicked, and he yet turne not from his vngodlynesse and from his wicked way: he shall dye in his owne wickednesse, but thou hast deliuered thy soule. 20 Nowe if a righteous man go from his righteousnesse and do the thing that is euyll I wyll lay a stumbling blocke before him: and he shall dye, because thou hast not geuen him warning, dye shall he in his owne sinne, so that his righteousnesse whiche he hath done, shall not be thought vpon: but his blood will I require at thyne hande. 21 Neuerthelesse, if thou exhortest that righteous that he sinne not, and so the righteous do not sinne: then shall he liue, because he hath receaued thy warning, and thou hast deliuered thy soule.
• Ezek 33:7-9 : 7 And thou O sonne at man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt here the worde at my mouth, and thou shalt warne them from me. 8 If I say vnto the wicked, thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye: & thou speakest not to admonish the wicked of his way: that wicked man shall dye in his owne sinne, but his blood wyl I require at thy hande. 9 Neuerthelesse, if thou warne the wicked of his way to tourne from it, and he yet wyll not be turned from his way: then shal he dye in his iniquitie, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.
• Matt 24:45-47 : 45 Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season. 46 Blessed is that seruaunt, whom his Lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng. 47 Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therfore, & teache all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the sonne, and of the holye ghost:
• Luke 12:42-44 : 42 And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season? 43 Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng. 44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.
• John 3:2 : 2 The same came to Iesus by night, & said vnto him: Rabbi, we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him.
• Acts 6:1 : 1 And in those dayes, when the number of ye disciples grewe, there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst ye Hebrues, because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie.