[a]For I [b]say through the grace that is given unto me, to everyone that is among you, that no man [c]presume to understand above that which is meet to understand, but that he understand according to [d]sobriety, as God hath dealt to every man the (A)measure of [e]faith.

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  1. Romans 12:3 Thirdly he admonisheth us very earnestly, that every man keep himself within the bounds of his vocation, and that every man be wise according to the measure of grace that God hath given him.
  2. Romans 12:3 I charge.
  3. Romans 12:3 That he please not himself too much, as they do, which persuade themselves they know more than indeed they do.
  4. Romans 12:3 We will be sober if we take not that upon us, which we have not, and if we brag not of that we have.
  5. Romans 12:3 By faith he meaneth the knowledge of God in Christ, and the gifts which the holy Ghost poureth upon the faithful.

[a]But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the [b]gift of Christ.

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  1. Ephesians 4:7 He teacheth us, that we indeed are all one body, and that all good gifts proceed from Christ only, who reigneth in heaven having mightily conquered all his enemies (from whence he heapeth all gifts upon his Church:) but yet notwithstanding these gifts are diversely and sundry ways divided according to his will and pleasure, and therefore every man ought to be content with that measure that God hath given him, and to bestow it to the common profit of the whole body.
  2. Ephesians 4:7 Which Christ hath given.

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