Romans 12 therefore I exhort you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living, holy, acceptable sacrifice to God as your rational, religious service;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ therefore I exhort you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living, holy, acceptable sacrifice to God as your rational, religious service; ² and be not conformed to this world; but transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may know experimentally what the will of God is, which is good and acceptable and perfect. ³ For by virtue of the favour which is granted to me, I charge every one who is among you not to have an overweening opinion of himself, but to bend his thoughts to the attaining of a sober and modest demeanour, as God hath distributed a portion of faith to every one. ⁴ For as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office; ⁵ so we being many are one body in Christ, but individually members of one another, ⁶ and employed in exercising free gifts, according to the favour conferred on us, different as they are, if prophesy, in conformity to that belief; ⁷ if a ministerial office, in that office; and if one is a teacher, in teaching; ⁸ and the exhorter in exhortation; let him who giveth [do it] with sincerity; him who superintendeth, with assiduity; him who sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. ⁹ Let love be unfeigned: abhor what is evil; adhere closely to what is good; ¹⁰ in brotherly love be tenderly affectionate one to another: in honour prefer one another; ¹¹ in business be not slothful: Be fervent in spirit; constant in serving the Lord; ¹² joyful in hope; patient in tribulation; stedfastly persevering in prayer; ¹³ administering to the wants of the saints; cultivating hospitality: ¹⁴ Bless them who persecute you"bless and curse not. ¹⁵ Set your hearts on this with respect to each other"to rejoice with them who rejoice, and to weep with them who weep. ¹⁶ Set not your minds on high things, but accommodate yourselves to things which are low. Be not wise in your own conceits. ¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If possible, that is, as far as in your power, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place to the wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will requite, saith the Lord." ²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him; if he be thirsty, give him drink; for by doing so thou wilt use the means to melt him. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.