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Romans 12
I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God,
that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world; but be reformed
in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what
is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will
of God.
For I say, by the grace that is given me, to all that
are among you, not to be more wise than it behoveth
to be wise, but to be wise unto sobriety, and according
as God hath divided to every one the measure of faith.
For as in one body we have many members, but all the
members have not the same office:
So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every
one members one of another.
And having different gifts, according to the grace that
is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to
the rule of faith;
Or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in
doctrine;
He that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that
sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which
is evil, cleaving to that which is good.
Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood,
with honour preventing one another.
In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving
the Lord.
Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in
prayer.
Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing
hospitality.
Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that
weep.
Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high
things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in
your own conceits.
To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things,
not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight
of all men.
If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace
with all men.
Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give
place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine,
I will repay, saith the Lord.
But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst,
give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap
coals of fire upon his head.
Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.
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