| 1: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your reasonable service. |
| |
| 2: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God. |
| |
| 3:
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that
is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to
think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man
the measure of faith. |
| |
| 4: For as we have many members in one body, and all members have
not the same office: |
| |
| 5: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one
members one of another. |
| |
| 6: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is
given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; |
| |
| 7: Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that
teacheth, on teaching; |
| |
| 8: Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him
do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth
mercy, with cheerfulness. |
| |
| 9: Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil;
cleave to that which is good. |
| |
| 10: Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in
honour preferring one another; |
| |
| 11: Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the
Lord; |
| |
| 12: Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant
in prayer; |
| |
| 13: Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to
hospitality. |
| |
| 14: Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
|
| |
| 15: Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
weep. |
| |
| 16: Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things,
but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
|
| |
| 17: Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in
the sight of all men. |
| |
| 18: If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably
with all men. |
| |
| 19: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place
unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith
the Lord. |
| |
| 20: Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give
him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
|
| |
| 21: Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
|
