12:1I beg you therefore, brothers, through the mercy of God, to present your bodies as a living victim, holy, pleasing to God, your reasonable service. 12:2And do not be conformed to this age, but be re-formed in the newness of your mind: so that you may prove what is the will of God, good, and well-pleasing, and perfect. 12:3For I say through the grace which has been given to me, to all who are among you, not to think more highly than one ought to think, but to think unto sobriety: and to each one as God has divided out the measure of faith. 12:4For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same action: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
12:6And having gifts differing according to the grace which has been given to us: whether prophecy according to the proportion of faith, or ministry in ministering, or he who teaches in teaching, he who exhorts in exhorting, he who gives in simplicity, he who presides in carefulness, he who shows mercy in cheerfulness. 12:9Let love be without pretence: hating evil, clinging to good: loving one another with the love of brotherhood: anticipating one another in honour: in carefulness not sluggish: in spirit fervent: serving the Lord: in hope rejoicing: in tribulation patient: in prayer persistent: sharing in the necessities of the saints: pursuing hospitality. 12:14Bless those persecuting you: bless, and do not curse.
12:15To rejoice with those rejoicing, to weep with those weeping: feeling the same thing towards one another: not thinking lofty things, but agreeing with the humble. 12:16Do not be prudent in your own eyes: rendering to no one evil for evil: providing good things not only before God, but also before all men. 12:18If it can be done, as far as is from you, having peace with all men: not defending yourselves, dearest ones, but give place to anger. 12:19For it has been written: "Vengeance is mine: I will repay, says the Lord." 12:20But if your enemy is hungry, feed him: if he is thirsty, give him drink: for doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head.
12:21Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.