^16 (A)All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, ^(B)and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for ^[a]instruction in righteousness,

Living Sacrifices to God

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

²³ and ^(A)be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and that you ^(B)put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Do Not Grieve the Spirit

²⁵ Therefore, putting away lying, ^(C)“Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for ^(D)we are members of one another. ^26 (E)“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, ^27 (F)nor give ^[a]place to the devil. ²⁸ Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather ^(G)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something ^(H)to give him who has need. ^29 (I)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but ^(J)what is good for necessary ^[b]edification, ^(K)that it may impart grace to the hearers. ³⁰ And ^(L)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. ^31 (M)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, ^[c]clamor, and ^(N)evil speaking be put away from you, ^(O)with all malice. ³² And ^(P)be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^(Q)forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

⁷ But ^(A)what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. ⁸ Yet indeed I also count all things loss ^(B)for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in Him, not having ^(C)my own righteousness, which is from the law, but ^(D)that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; ¹⁰ that I may know Him and the ^(E)power of His resurrection, and ^(F)the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, ¹¹ if, by any means, I may ^(G)attain^[a] to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing Toward the Goal

¹² Not that I have already ^(H)attained,^[b] or am already ^(I)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. ¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have ^[c]apprehended; but one thing I do, ^(J)forgetting those things which are behind and ^(K)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ^14 (L)I press toward the goal for the prize of ^(M)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ Therefore let us, as many as are ^(N)mature, ^(O)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, ^(P)God will reveal even this to you.