12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, ①acceptable to God, which is your ②spiritual service of worship.
▷ ①Or pleasing ②I.e., in contrast to offering a literal sacrifice
12:2 And do not be conformed to this ①world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may ②prove what the will of God is, that which is good and ③acceptable and perfect.
▷ ①Or age ②Or discover ③Or pleasing
12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
12:4 For just as we have many parts in one body and all ①the body’s parts do not have the same function,
▷ ①Lit the parts
12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another.
12:6 However, since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to use them properly: if prophecy, ①in proportion to one’s faith;
▷ ①Or in agreement with the faith
12:7 if ①service, in the act of serving; or the one who teaches, in the act of teaching;
▷ ①Or office of service
12:8 or the one who ①exhorts, in the work of ②exhortation; the one who gives, with ③generosity; the one who ④is in leadership, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
▷ ①Or encourages ②Or encouragement ③Or sincere concern ④Or provides care
12:9 ①Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
▷ ①Or Love has no
12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; ①give preference to one another in honor,
▷ ①Or outdo one another in showing honor
12:11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
12:12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,
12:13 contributing to the needs of the ①saints, ②practicing hospitality.
▷ ①Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ②Lit pursuing
12:14 Bless those who persecute ①you; bless and do not curse.
▷ ①Two early mss do not contain you
12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be ①haughty in mind, but ②associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
▷ ①Or arrogant ②Or accommodate yourself to lowly things
12:17 Never repay evil for evil to anyone. ①Respect what is right in the sight of all people.
▷ ①Lit Take thought for
12:18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people.
12:19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but ①leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord.
▷ ①Lit give a place
12:20 “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM; IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.”
12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.