Shared Word Translation
Romans 12
A Living Sacrifice
Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your fitting service. And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Humble Service in the Body
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly than one 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 of one another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith; if service, in serving; the one who teaches, in teaching; the one who exhorts, in exhortation; the one who gives, with generosity; the one who leads, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.