¹ I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

² and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

³ For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

⁴ for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

⁵ so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

⁶ And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy--`According to the proportion of faith!'

⁷ or ministration--`In the ministration!' or he who is teaching--`In the teaching!'

⁸ or he who is exhorting--`In the exhortation!' he who is sharing--`In simplicity!' he who is leading--`In diligence?' he who is doing kindness--`In cheerfulness.'

⁹ The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

¹⁰ in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

¹¹ in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

¹² in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

¹³ to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

¹⁴ Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

¹⁵ to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

¹⁶ of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

¹⁷ giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

¹⁸ If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance is Mine,

²⁰ I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

²¹ Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.