Romans 12

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well-pleasing to God, which {is} your reasonable service.

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of the mind, so that you can approve what {is} the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God. \*

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you to not think more highly of himself than what he ought to think, but to think with sound mind, as God has distributed to each one a measure of faith. \*

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

in the same way, we, the many, are one body in Christ and the {body} individually {are} members of one other. \*

But we have different gracious gifts according to the grace given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

if service, in the service; if the one teaching, in the teaching;

if the one encouraging, in the encouragement; the one giving, in generosity; the one leading, in diligence; the one showing mercy, with cheerfulness. \*

{Let} love {be} without hypocrisy, abhorring the wicked, holding on to the good;

in brotherly love, affectionate to one another; in honor, outdoing one another; \*

in diligence, not lazy; in the spirit, being eager; serving the Lord;

in hope, rejoicing; in suffering, being patient; in prayer, persisting;

in the needs of the saints, sharing; pursuing the hospitality. \*

Bless the ones persecuting you; bless and do not curse;

to rejoice with those rejoicing; to weep with those weeping;

thinking the same thing toward one another, not thinking the high things, but accepting the lowly ones. Do not be wise in yourselves; \*

paying back to no one evil for evil; giving careful thought to good things in the sight of all men;

if possible, what {is} from you, living at peace with all men; \*

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give way to {God’s} wrath, for it is written, “‘Vengeance {is} for me; I will repay,’ says the Lord.” 20 But, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink. For doing this, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

Do not be overcome by the evil, but overcome the evil with the good. \*