LEB - Romans - 12

12:1  Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

12:2  And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

12:3  For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think ⌞sensibly⌟, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.

12:4  For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,

12:5  in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and ⌞individually⌟ members of one another,

12:6  but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if it is prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

12:7  if it is service, by service; if it is one who teaches, by teaching;

12:8  if it is one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

12:9  Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; be attached to what is good,

12:10  being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor,

12:11  not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

12:12  rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

12:13  contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

12:14  Bless those who persecute, bless and do not curse them.

12:15  Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

12:16  Think the same thing toward one another; ⌞do not think arrogantly⌟, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise ⌞in your own sight⌟.

12:17  Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for what is good in the sight of all people.

12:18  If it is possible on your part, be at peace with all people.

12:19  Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

12:20  But “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing this, you will heap up coals of fire upon his head.”

12:21  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.