A Living Sacrifice

12 ^(A)I appeal to you therefore, brothers,^[a] by the mercies of God, ^(B)to present your bodies ^(C)as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.^{[b] 2 (D)}Do not be conformed to this world,^[c] but be transformed by ^(E)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may ^(F)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.^[d]

¹³ for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is ^(A)a child. ¹⁴ But solid food is for ^(B)the mature, for those who have their powers ^(C)of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.