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Romans 12

¹I earnestly ask you, brothers and sisters, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice through God's mercy. That's your reasonable service. ²And don't be developed according to the pattern of this age, but instead be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can correctly understand what is God's good, pleasing, and perfect will.

³For by the grace that has been given to me I say to all those who are among you, "Don't think more highly of yourselves than you ought to, but regard yourselves sensibly, each one according to the faith God has measured out to them. ⁴For just as in one body there are many parts, and no two parts have the same function, ⁵so we, though many, are one body in Christ. Individually we're members of one another. ⁶Since we have different gifts according to the grace God has given, let's use them, if it's prophecy, use it according to the proportion of your faith, ⁷if it's service, use it in service, if it's teaching, use it in teaching, ⁸If it's in exhortation, then exhort, the one who shares do it generously, the one who leads, zealously, the one who is merciful, with joy.

⁹Don't let your love be hypocritical. Be repelled by evil. Be bound tightly to the good. ¹⁰With brotherly love treat one another as family, preferring one another in honor. ¹¹Don't be lazy in doing your best, be spiritually on fire, serve the Lord. ¹²Rejoice in hope, endure trials, be diligent in prayer. ¹³Be a partner in taking care of the saints. Pursue hospitality. ¹⁴Bless those who persecute you. Bless, and do not curse. ¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. ¹⁶Be even-handed in dealing with one another, not thinking yourselves above everyone else, but associating with the lowly. Don't think of yourself as extraordinarily wise. ¹⁷Never return evil for evil, but think of good things before all people. ¹⁸If it is possible, live at peace with all people. ¹⁹Don't take revenge for yourselves, but give place to anger. For it is written, "'Vengeance is mine, I will repay,' says the Lord." (Deuteronomy 32:35) ²⁰Instead, "If your enemey is hungry, give him something to eat. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For in doing this you will pile up coals of fire on his head." ²¹Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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