1: I
beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable to God your reasonable service[1] 2:
And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your minds that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will
of God 3: For I say through the grace given to me to every one that is
among you not to think of themselves more highly than they ought to think but
to think soberly according as God has dealt to every one 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 they
that teach on teaching 8: Or they that exhort on exhortation they that
give let them do it with simplicity they that rule with diligence they that show
mercy with cheerfulness 9: Let love be without dissimulation (genuine,
unfeigned) Abhor that which is evil cleave to that which is good 10: Be
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love in honor 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 those
of low estate Be not wise in your own conceits 17: Recompense to no one
evil for evil Provide things honest in the sight of all people 18: If it
be possible as much as lies within you live peaceably with all people 19: Dearly
beloved avenge not yourselves but rather yield to wrath for it is written
Vengeance is mine I will repay saith the Lord 20: Therefore if your enemies
hunger feed them if they thirst give them drink for in so doing you shalt heap
coals of fire on their heads 21: Be not overcome of evil but overcome
evil with good[2]
[1] Serve the Lord with our best, not with our left-overs. Malachi 1:13 You said also Behold what a
weariness is it and you have snuffed at it says YHVH of hosts and you brought
that which was torn and the lame and the sick thus you brought an offering Should I accept this of your hand says YHVH
[2]
When the apostles wanted to call down fire on the heads of those who cursed
them, Jesus rebuked them (the apostles) saying, “You know not what spirit you
are of.”
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