1 Therefore I R580 urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present R581 your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable F196 to God, which is your spiritual F197 service of worship. 2 And do not be R582 conformed to this R583 world, F198 but be transformed by the renewing R584 of your mind, so that you may prove R585F199 what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable F200 and perfect.
3 For through the R586 grace given to me I say to everyone among you not R587 to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each R588 a measure of faith. 4 For just R589 as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, who R590 are many, are one R591 body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Since we have gifts that differ R592 according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, R593 according F201 to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, R594F202 in his serving; or he who teaches, R595 in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, R596 in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; R597F203 he R598 who leads, F204 with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. R599
9Let love R600be without hypocrisy. Abhor R601 what is evil; cling to what is good. 10Be devoted R602 to one another in brotherly love; give F205 preference to one another in R603 honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent R604 in spirit, serving R605 the Lord; 12 rejoicing R606 in hope, persevering R607 in tribulation, devoted R608 to prayer, 13 contributing R609 to the needs of the saints, F206 practicing R610F207 hospitality.
14 Bless R611 those who persecute you; F208 bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice R612 with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be R613 of the same mind toward one another; do R614 not be haughty in mind, but associate F209 with the lowly. Do R615 not be wise in your own estimation. 17 Never R616 pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect R617F210 what is right in the sight of all men. 18 If possible, so R618 far as it depends on you, be R619 at peace with all men. 19 Never R620 take your own revenge, beloved, but leave F211 room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE R621 IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord. 20 "BUT R622 IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD." 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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