Dual Panel1Therefore <3767> I exhort <3870> you <5209>, brothers and sisters <80>, by <1223> the mercies <3628> of God <2316>, to present <3936> your <5216> bodies <4983> as a sacrifice <2378>– alive <2198>, holy <40>, and pleasing <2101> to God <2316>– which is your <5216> reasonable <3050> service <2999>.
2Do <4964> not <3361> be conformed <4964> to this <5129> present world, but <235> be transformed <3339> by the renewing <342> of your mind <3563>, so that <1519> you <5209> may test and approve <1381> what <5101> is the will <2307> of God <2316>– what is good <18> and <2532> well-pleasing <2101> and <2532> perfect <5046>.
3For <1063> by <1223> the grace <5485> given <1325> to me <3427> I say to every <3956> one of you <5213> not <3361> to think more highly <5252> of yourself than you ought <1163> to think <5426>, but <235> to think <5426> with <1519> sober discernment <4993>, as <5613> God <2316> has distributed <3307> to each <1538> of you a measure <3358> of faith <4102>.
4For <1063> just as <2509> in <1722> one <1520> body <4983> we have <2192> many <4183> members <3196>, and <1161> not <3756> all <3956> the members <3196> serve <2192> the same <846> function <4234>,
5so <3779> we who are many <4183> are <1510> one <1520> body <4983> in <1722> Christ <5547>, and <1161> individually we are members <3196> who belong to <2596> one <1520> another <240>.
6And <1161> we have <2192> different <1313> gifts <5486> according <2596> to the grace <5485> given <1325> to us <2254>. If the gift is prophecy <4394>, that individual must use it in proportion <356> to his faith <4102>.
7If <1535> it is service <1248>, he must serve <1248>; if <1535> it is teaching <1321>, he must teach <1319>;
8if <1535> it is exhortation <3870>, he must exhort <3874>; if it is contributing <3330>, he must do so with sincerity <572>; if it is leadership <4291>, he must do so with diligence <4710>; if it is showing mercy <1653>, he must do so with cheerfulness <2432>.
9Love <26> must be without hypocrisy <505>. Abhor <655> what is evil <4190>, cling <2853> to what is good <18>.
10Be devoted <5360> to <1519> one another <240> with mutual love <5387>, showing eagerness <4285> in honoring <5092> one another <240>.
11Do not <3361> lag <4710> in zeal <3636>, be enthusiastic <2204> in spirit <4151>, serve <1398> the Lord <2962>.
12Rejoice <5463> in hope <1680>, endure <5278> in suffering <2347>, persist <4342> in prayer <4335>.
13Contribute <2841> to the needs <5532> of the saints <40>, pursue <1377> hospitality <5381>.
14Bless <2127> those who persecute <1377> you, bless <2127> and <2532> do <2672> not <3361> curse <2672>.
15Rejoice <5463> with <3326> those who rejoice <5463>, weep <2799> with <3326> those who weep <2799>.
16Live in harmony with one another <240>; do not <3361> be haughty <5308> but <235> associate with <4879> the lowly <5011>. Do <1096> not <3361> be <1096> conceited <5429>.
17Do <591> not repay <591> anyone <3367> evil <2556> for <473> evil <2556>; consider <4306> what is good <2570> before <1799> all <3956> people <444>.
18If <1487> possible <1415>, so far as it depends on <1537> you <5216>, live peaceably <1514> with <3326> all <3956> people <444>.
19Do not <3361> avenge <1556> yourselves <1438>, dear friends <27>, but <235> give <1325> place <5117> to God’s wrath <3709>, for <1063> it is written <1125>, “Vengeance <1557> is mine <1698>, I <1473> will repay <467>,” says <3004> the Lord <2962>.
20Rather <235>, if <1437> your <4675> enemy <2190> is hungry <3983>, feed <5595> him <846>; if <1437> he is thirsty <1372>, give <4222> him <846> a drink <4222>; for <1063> in doing <4160> this <5124> you will be heaping <4987> burning <4442> coals <440> on <1909> his <846> head <2776>.
21Do <3528> not <3361> be overcome <3528> by <5259> evil <2556>, but <235> overcome <3528> evil <2556> with <1722> good <18>.