Romans 12:4-6
The same office ( την αυτην πραξιν ). Mode of acting or function. Cf. Ac 19:18; Ro 8:13.And severally ( το δε καθ' εις ). A difficult late idiom where the preposition καθ' ( κατα ) is treated adverbially with no effect on the nominative case εις like υπερ εγω (2Co 11:23). So εις καθ' εις (Mr 14:19) and in Modern Greek καθεις as a distributive pronoun. But we have καθ' ενα in 1Co 14:31. The use of the neuter article here το with καθ' εις is probably the accusative of general reference, "as to each one."
Differing ( διαφορα ). Old adjective from διαφερω, to differ, to vary. So Heb 9:10.
According to the proportion of our faith ( κατα την αναλογιαν της πιστεως ). The same use of πιστις (faith) as in verse 3 "the measure of faith." Old word. αναλογια (our word "analogy") from αναλογος (analogous, conformable, proportional). Here alone in N.T. The verb προφητευωμεν (present active volitive subjunctive, let us prophesy) must be supplied with which εχοντες agrees. The context calls for the subjective meaning of "faith" rather than the objective and outward standard though πιστις does occur in that sense (Ga 1:23; 3:23).
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