Romains 12

¹ I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice — living, sanctified, acceptable to God — your intelligent service ;

² and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what [is] the will of God — the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

³ For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think ; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

⁴ for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

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

⁶ And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us ; whether prophecy — 'According to the proportion of faith !'

⁷ or ministration — 'In the ministration !' or he who is teaching — 'In the teaching !'

⁸ or he who is exhorting — 'In the exhortation !' he who is sharing — 'In simplicity !' he who is leading — 'In diligence ?' he who is doing kindness — 'In cheerfulness.'

⁹ The love unfeigned : abhorring the evil ; cleaving to the good ;

¹⁰ in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned : in the honour going before one another ;

¹¹ in the diligence not slothful ; in the spirit fervent ; the Lord serving ;

¹² in the hope rejoicing ; in the tribulation enduring ; in the prayer persevering ;

¹³ to the necessities of the saints communicating ; the hospitality pursuing.

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

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

¹⁶ of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along ; become not wise in your own conceit ;

¹⁷ giving back to no one evil for evil ; providing right things before all men.

¹⁸ If possible — so far as in you — with all men being in peace ;

¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, 'Vengeance [is] Mine,

²⁰ I will recompense again, saith the Lord ;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him ; if he doth thirst, give him drink ; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head ;

²¹ Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.