| Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. | Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. |
| Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. | Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. |
| For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. | For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. |
| For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. | For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. |
| Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. |
| Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. | In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another. |
| Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. | Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. |
| Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. | Rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer. |
| Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. | Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse. |
| Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. | Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep. |
| Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. | Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits. |
| If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. | If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. |
| Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. | Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
Bible verse of the day
Who is he, this King of glory?The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.