¹²I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.^* ²Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.^b^*

³For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.^* ⁴For as in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function,^* ⁵so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. ⁶We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith;^* ⁷ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching;^* ⁸the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.^*

Marks of the True Christian

⁹Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good; ¹⁰love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. ¹¹Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord. ¹²Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer.^*

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

bOr what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God

Cross references

*Rom 6:13, 16, 19; 2 Cor 10:1, 2; 1 Pet 2:5
*Eph 4:23; 5:10; 1 Pet 1:14; 1 Jn 2:15
*Rom 15:15; 2 Cor 10:13; Eph 4:7
*1 Cor 12:12–14; Eph 4:4, 16
*1 Cor 7:7; 12:4, 10; 1 Pet 4:10, 11
*1 Cor 12:28; 14:26
*Mt 6:2–4; Acts 15:32; 2 Cor 9:7; 1 Tim 5:17
*Acts 1:14; Heb 10:32, 36