12:1   Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which constitutes your spiritual service of worship.

12:2  And do not conform to this world, but become transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove the will of God, that which proves good and acceptable and perfect.

12:3  For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

12:4   For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function,

12:5  so we, who appear many, comprise one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

12:6  Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us should exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

12:7   if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

12:8  or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

12:9  Let love occur without hypocrisy Abhor evil; cling to good.

12:10  Show devotion to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

12:11  not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

12:12   rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

12:13   contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

12:14   Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

12:15   Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

12:16   Have the same mind toward one another; do not exercise haughtiness in mind, but associate with the lowly Do not consider yourself wise in your own estimation.

12:17   Never pay back evil for evil to anyone Respect right in the sight of all men.

12:18   If possible, so far as it depends on you, remain at peace with all men.

12:19   Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for the scriptures read, "VENGEANCE BELONGS TO ME, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.

12:20   " BUT IF YOUR ENEMY HUNGERS, FEED HIM, AND IF HE THIRSTS , GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD."

12:21  Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil with good.