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 <FI>is<Fi> 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 <FI>is<Fi> 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.
