Romans 12:1-13

New American Standard Bible 1995

Dedicated Service

12 Therefore ^(A)I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to ^(B)present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, ^[a]acceptable to God, which is your ^[b]spiritual service of worship. ² And do not ^(C)be conformed to ^(D)this ^[c]world, but be transformed by the ^(E)renewing of your mind, so that you may ^[d](F)prove what the will of God is, that which is good and ^[e]acceptable and perfect.

³ For through ^(G)the grace given to me I say to everyone among you ^(H)not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to ^(I)each a measure of faith. ⁴ For ^(J)just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, ⁵ so we, ^(K)who are many, are ^(L)one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ⁶ Since we have gifts that ^(M)differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if ^(N)prophecy, ^[f]according to the proportion of his faith; ⁷ if ^[g](O)service, in his serving; or he who ^(P)teaches, in his teaching; ⁸ or he who ^(Q)exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with ^[h](R)liberality; ^(S)he who ^[i]leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with ^(T)cheerfulness.

⁹ Let ^(U)love be without hypocrisy. ^(V)Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. ¹⁰ Be ^(W)devoted to one another in brotherly love; ^[j]give preference to one another ^(X)in honor; ¹¹ not lagging behind in diligence, ^(Y)fervent in spirit, ^(Z)serving the Lord; ^12 (AA)rejoicing in hope, ^(AB)persevering in tribulation, ^(AC)devoted to prayer, ^13 (AD)contributing to the needs of the ^[k]saints, ^[l](AE)practicing hospitality.