Romans:12

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* I BEG you therefore , brethren , by the mercies of God , to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice , pleasing to God \'97 your rational worship . * Do not follow the fashions of this world , but be transformed by the renewal of your minds so as to recognize what is the good and pleasing and perfect will of God . * Through the grace given to me I say to every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought , but to think so as to become wise , as God has allotted to each a measure of faith . * For as in one body we have many members and the members do not all have the same function , * so we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another . * Having gifts differing according to the grace given to us , if it is prophecy , let us use it according to the proportion of our faith ; * if it is service , let us use it in service . Let the teacher use his gift in teaching . * Let the exhorter use his gift in exhorting . Let him who gives do it in simplicity . Let him who manages do it earnestly . Let him who helps the needy do it cheerfully . * Let your love be without pretense . Abhor what is evil ; cling to the good . * Have brotherly love toward one another like family affection , in honor preferring one another , * never flagging in zeal , fervent in spirit , serving the Lord , * rejoicing in hope , patient in trial , constant in prayer , * contributing to the needs of the holy , devoted to hospitality . * Pray for blessings on your persecutors , blessings , not curses . * Rejoice with those who rejoice , weep with those who weep . * Be in harmony with one another . Do not be thinking of high things , but be content with humble things . Do not become conceited . * Repay to no one evil for evil . Aim at what is honorable in the sight of all men . * If possible , so far as depends on you , live at peace with all men . * Do not revenge yourselves , beloved , but give place to God 's wrath . For it is written , "Vengeance is mine ; I will repay , says the Lord ." * But , "if your enemy is hungry , feed him ; if he is thirsty , give him drink ; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head ." * Do not be overcome by evil , but overcome evil with good .

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