¹¹ For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”^(A)

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,^(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,^(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ² Do not conform^(C) to the pattern of this world,^(D) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.^(E) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is^(F)—his good, pleasing^(G) and perfect will.

⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.^(A)