| | 1 | Therefore I beg you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
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| | 2 | Don't be fashioned according to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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| | 3 | For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
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| | 4 | For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,
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| | 5 | so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
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| | 6 | Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
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| | 7 | or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
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| | 8 | or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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| | 9 | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
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| | 10 | In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
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| | 11 | not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
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| | 12 | rejoicing in hope; enduring in oppression; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
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| | 13 | contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
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| | 14 | Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.
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| | 15 | Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
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| | 16 | Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.
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| | 17 | Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
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| | 18 | If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
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| | 19 | Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."
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| | 20 | Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."
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| | 21 | Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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