Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

12 God has been kind to you. So I ask you, brothers, give your bodies to him like a living sacrifice. That is, a holy sacrifice. It will please God. And it is what you should do for him.

² Do not be like the people of this world, but have a new mind. Then you will prove for yourselves what God wants you to do. That will be good. It will please God. And it will be all right.

³ God has given me this gift. So I say this to every one of you. Do not think you are better than you really are. But think of yourself as you are. You are what you are because God has given you something when you believed.

⁴ In a body there are many parts, but all the parts do not do the same thing.

⁵ In the same way, we are many people. But we are one body because we are all joined together in Christ. Each one of us is a part of all the others.

⁶ We have different gifts because God has blessed us in different ways. If a person can speak words from God, he must say what he believes he should say.

⁷ If a person can help others, he must help others. If a person can teach, he must teach.

⁸ If a person can talk to others, he must talk to others. If a person can give something, he must give it gladly. If a person can be a leader, he must try to be a good leader. If a person can help someone, he must do it gladly.