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.

²And 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.

³For 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.

⁴For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office:

⁵So we, being many, are one body in Christ; and every one members one of another:

⁶And having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith;

⁷Or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine;

⁸He that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good,

¹⁰Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preferring one another.

¹¹In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.

¹²Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer.

¹³Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality.

¹⁴Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.

¹⁵Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

¹⁶Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

¹⁷To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men.

¹⁸If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace with all men.

¹⁹Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto God’s wrath,, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

²⁰But if the 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.

²¹Be not overcome by evil: but overcome evil by good.

Chapter 13

Let every soul be subject to higher powers. For there is no power but from God: and those that are ordained of God.

²Therefore, he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist purchase to themselves damnation.

³For princes are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good: and thou shalt have praise from the same.

⁴For he is God’s minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is God’s minister: an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.

⁵Wherefore be subject of necessity: not only for wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

⁶For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose.

⁷Render therefore to all men their dues. Tribute, to whom tribute is due: custom, to whom custom: fear, to whom fear: honour, to whom honour.

⁸Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law.

⁹For: Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false witness: Thou shalt not covet. And if there be any other commandment, it is comprised in this word: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

¹⁰The love of our neighbour worketh no evil. Love therefore is the fulfilling of the law.

¹¹And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

¹²The night is passed And the day is at hand. Let us, therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.

¹³Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy.

¹⁴But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ: and make not provision for the flesh in its concupiscences.

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