Romans 12, side by side

¹Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

²Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

³For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

³For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

⁴Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

⁴For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

⁵so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

⁵So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

⁶We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

⁶Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

⁷if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

⁷Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

⁸if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

⁸Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

⁹Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

¹⁰Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

¹¹Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

¹²Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

¹²Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

¹³Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

¹³Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

¹⁴Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

¹⁴Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

¹⁵Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

¹⁶Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.

¹⁶Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

¹⁷Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

¹⁷Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

¹⁸If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

¹⁸If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

¹⁹Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

¹⁹Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

²⁰On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

²⁰Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

²¹Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.