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.

¹⁴Bless those who persecute,^c bless and do not curse them. ¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. ¹⁶Think the same thing toward one another; do not think arrogantly^d, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own sight^e. ¹⁷Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for what is good in the sight of all people. ¹⁸If it is possible on your part, be at peace with all people.

Read in Logos

Romans 12:12: Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Footnotes

cSome manuscripts have “who persecute you”
dLiterally “think not the arrogant”
eLiterally “in the sight of yourselves”