1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,¹ by the mercies of God, to ^lpresent your bodies as a ^mliving sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.² 2 ⁿDo not be conformed to this world,³ but be ^otransformed by the ^prenewal of your mind, that by testing you may ^qdiscern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.⁴

3 For by ^rthe grace given to me I say to everyone among you ^snot to ^tthink of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each ^uaccording to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 ^vFor as in one body we have many members,⁵ and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so ^wwe, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having ^xgifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: ^yif prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads,⁶ with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with ^zcheerfulness.