Romans 12:9-21
I. Service Toward Our Friends (vv. 9-16)
A. Love them unconditionally
B. Lead them diligently
C. Lift them materially
D. Laugh and cry with them supportively
E. Live with them humbly
II. Service Toward Our “Foes” (vv. 17-21)
A. Be readily forgiving
B. Be righteously transparent
C. Be redemptively peaceful
D. Be rigorously gracious
More to Consider
One of the most vivid ways the Lord Jesus reveals His intention for the
church is by a series of statements given about our responsibilities to one
another.
The phrase "one another" usually represents the Greek word "allelon," and a
consideration of the allelon principle in the New Testament provides us with
a tremendous study of what quality friendship will look like in action. Here is
a list of those allelon statements with duplicate references omitted.
In the Body of Christ, we are to:
• wash one another's feet (John 13:14)
• love one another (John 13:34 and many other times)
• be devoted to one another in brotherly love (Romans 12:10)
• give preference to one another in honor (Romans 12:10)
• be of the same mind toward one another (Romans 12:16; Romans
15:5)
• stop judging one another (Romans 14:13)
• pursue the building up of one another (Romans 14:19)
• accept one another (Romans 15:7)
• admonish one another (Romans 15:14)
• greet one another (Romans 16:16)
• wait for one another (1 Cor. 11:33)
• care for one another (1 Cor. 12:25)
• serve one another through love (Galatians 5:13)
• bear one another's burdens (Galatians 6:2)
• show forbearance to one another (Ephes. 4:2)
• be kind to one another (Ephes. 4:32)
• forgive each other (Ephes. 4:32)
• speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Ephes.
5:19)
• be subject to one another (Ephes. 5:21)
• regard one another as more important (Phil. 2:3)
• not lie to one another (Col. 3:9)
• teach one another (Col. 3:16)
• comfort one another (1 Thes. 4:18)
• encourage one another (1 Thes. 5:11)
• be at peace with one another (1 Thes. 5:13)
• pursue good to one another (1 Thes. 5:15)
• consider one another (Hebrews 10:25)
• not speak against one another (James 4:11)
• not complain against one another (James 5:9)
• confess your sins to one another (James 5:16)
• pray for one another (James 5:16)
• be hospitable to one another (1 Peter 4:9) source unknown
