Dual Panel1Therefore 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.
2And 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.
3For 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.
4For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,
5in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and _individually_ members of one another,
6but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;
7if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;
8if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
9Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,
10being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor,
11not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,
12rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,
13contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
14Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse [them].
15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
16Think the same [thing] toward one another; _do not think arrogantly_ , but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise _in your own sight_ .
17Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for [what is] good in the sight of all people.
18If [it is] possible on your [part], be at peace with all people.
19Do 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.
20But "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."
21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.