1. Romans 12:1-8
(NIV)
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of
God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual
worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by
testing you may discern what is the will of God, what
is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone
among you not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each
according to the measure of faith that God has
assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the
members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and
individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to
us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our
faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his
teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who
contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with
zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with
cheerfulness.
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