Romans 12

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Living Sacrifices

¹Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.^a

¹Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy to God, well-pleasing, which is your reasonable service.

²Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

²And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, for you to discern what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

³For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

³For through the grace having been given to me, I say to everyone being among you not to be high-minded above what it is necessary to think, but to think so as to be sound-minded, as God allotted to each a measure of faith.

⁴Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

⁴For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function,

⁵so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

⁵so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

⁶We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

⁶And we are having different gifts according to the grace having been given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;

⁷if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

⁷and if service, in the service; and if teaching, in the teaching;

⁸if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

⁸and if exhorting, in the exhortation; giving, in generosity; leading, in diligence; showing mercy, in cheerfulness.

Love, Zeal, Hope, Hospitality

⁹Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

⁹Let love be unfeigned: abhorring evil, cleaving to good,

¹⁰Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

¹⁰devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another in honor,

¹¹Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

¹¹not slothful in diligence, being fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

¹²Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

¹²rejoicing in hope, enduring in tribulation, persisting in prayer,

¹³Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

¹³contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

Forgiveness

¹⁴Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

¹⁴Bless those persecuting you; bless and do not curse,

¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

¹⁵to rejoice with the rejoicing, to weep with the weeping,

¹⁶Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

¹⁶minding the same thing toward one another, not minding the high things, but going along with the lowly. Do not be wise in yourselves,

¹⁷Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

¹⁷repaying to no one evil for evil, giving forethought to right things before all men;

¹⁸If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

¹⁸if possible of you, being at peace with all men;

¹⁹Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”^a

¹⁹not avenging yourselves, beloved; but give place to wrath, for it has been written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

²⁰On the contrary,

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;

if he is thirsty, give him a drink.

For in so doing,

you will heap burning coals on his head.”^a

²⁰Rather, “If your enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him a drink; for doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head.”

²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil in good.