¹ Therefore, brethren, I am encouraging you° through the mercies of God, to present your° bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your° logical divine-service.

² And not to shape yourselves to this age, but to be transfigured by the renewal of your° mind, $that$ you° may be proving in you° what is the will of God: the good and well pleasing and mature.

³ For$ I say, through the grace which was given to me, to everyone who is among you°, not to have high-notions more than what it is essential to be mindful of. But to be mindful of this grace, $that$ he should be sensible, as God divided to each one a measure of faith.

⁴ For$ just-as we have many members in one body, and all the members do not have the same function,

⁵ so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and every one is members of one another.

⁶ Now having assorted gifts$ according-to the grace which was given to us, if prophecy, then prophesy according-to the analogy of the faith;

⁷ if service, in the service; if he who is teaching, in the teaching;

⁸ if the one encouraging, in the encouragement; the one giving, in liberality; the one governing, do in diligence; the one showing-mercy to others, do with$ joyfulness.

⁹ Let the love$ be non-pretended, abhorring evil things, joining yourselves to what is the good thing.

¹⁰ Be tenderly loving to one another in the love of the brethren, with honor, be a leader for one another,

¹¹ not lazy in your diligence, being zealous in your spirit, serving$ in the Lord,

¹² rejoicing in the hope, enduring in your affliction, persevering in your prayer,

¹³ sharing in the needs of the holy-ones, pursuing your hospitality.

¹⁴ Speak° well of the ones persecuting you°; speak° well and do° not curse.

¹⁵ Rejoice° with the ones rejoicing and weep° with the ones weeping.

¹⁶ Being mindful of the same things toward one another and not being mindful of the exalted things, but accommodating with the humble. Do° not become too prudent with yourselves.

¹⁷ Repay to no one evil in exchange-for evil, while planning-for good things in the sight of all men.

¹⁸ If possible, what is from you° should be at peace with all men.

¹⁹ Beloved, do not be avenging yourselves, but give° a chance {Or: place} for the wrath of God; for$ it has been written, ‘Vengeance is for me. I will be repaying, says the Lord.’ {Deu 32:35}

²⁰ Therefore, if your enemy may hunger, morsel to him {i.e., ‘feed him bites’ implying your enemy is weak from starvation.} ; if he is thirsty, deliver to him a drink; for$ while doing$ this, you will be piling up fiery hot-coals upon his head.

²¹ Do not be overcome by the evil, but overcome the evil with$ the good.