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Therefore ^(C1)I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to ^(C2)present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, ^(F1)acceptable to God, which is your ^(F2)spiritual service of worship.

And do not ^(C1)be conformed to ^(C2)this ^(F1)world, but be transformed by the ^(C3)renewing of your mind, so that you may ^(F2)(C4)prove what the will of God is, that which is good and ^(F3)acceptable and perfect.

For through ^(C1)the grace given to me I say to everyone among you ^(C2)not 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 ^(C3)each a measure of faith.

For ^(C1)just as we have many parts in one body and all ^(F1)the body's parts do not have the same function,

so we, ^(C1)who are many, are ^(C2)one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another.

However, since we have gifts that ^(C1)differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to use them properly: if ^(C2)prophecy, ^(F1)in proportion to one's faith;

if ^(F1)(C1)service, in the act of serving; or the one who ^(C2)teaches, in the act of teaching;

or the one who ^(F1)(C1)exhorts, in the work of ^(F2)exhortation; the one who gives, with ^(F3)(C2)generosity; ^(C3)the one who ^(F4)is in leadership, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with ^(C4)cheerfulness.