12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual ^‍service. ² And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is ^‍the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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³ For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith. ⁴ For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: ⁵ so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another. ⁶ And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; ⁷ or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching; ⁸ or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. ¹⁰ In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another; ¹¹ in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving ^‍the Lord; ¹² rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer; ¹³ communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality. ¹⁴ Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not. ¹⁵ Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep. ¹⁶ Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits. ¹⁷ Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹ Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. ²⁰ But ^‍if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. ²¹ Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

¹⁹ But be not thou far off, O Jehovah:
O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword,
My darling from the power of the dog.
²¹ Save me from the lion’s mouth;
Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

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²² I will declare thy name unto my brethren:
In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
²³ Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;
All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
²⁴ For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Neither hath he hid his face from him;
But when he cried unto him, he heard.
²⁵ Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:
I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
²⁶ The meek shall eat and be satisfied;
They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:
Let your heart live for ever.
²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;
And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
²⁸ For the kingdom is Jehovah’s;
And he is the ruler over the nations.
²⁹ All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship:
All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him,
Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
³⁰ A seed shall serve him;
It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.
³¹ They shall come and shall declare his righteousness
Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

⁸ A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment
Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
⁹ Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
¹⁰ Diverse weights, and diverse measures,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.