12Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service. ²And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

A Variety of Gifts in the Body of Christ

³For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think sensibly^a, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one. ⁴For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually^b members of one another, ⁶but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if it is prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; ⁷if it is service, by service; if it is one who teaches, by teaching; ⁸if it is one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Living in Love

⁹Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; be attached to what is good, ¹⁰being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor, ¹¹not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord, ¹²rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer, ¹³contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

Read in Logos

Romans 12:1: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Footnotes

aLiterally “so as to be sensible”
bLiterally “with respect to one”