012:001 I plead with you therefore, brethren, by the compassionsof God,
to present all your faculties to Him as a living and holy
sacrifice acceptable to Him. This with you will be an act
of reasonable worship.
012:002 And do not follow the customs of the present age,
but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds,
so that you may learn by experience what God's will is—
that will which is good and beautiful and perfect.
012:003 For through the authority graciously given to me I warn
every individual among you not to value himself unduly,
but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with
the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.
012:004 For just as there are in the one human body many parts,
and these parts have not all the same function;
012:005 so collectively we form one body in Christ, while individually
we are linked to one another as its members.
012:006 But since we have special gifts which differ in accordance with the diversified work graciously entrusted to us, if it is prophecy, let the prophet speak in exact proportion to his faith;
012:007 if it is the gift of administration, let the administrator exercise a sound judgement in his duties.
012:008 The teacher must do the same in his teaching; and he who exhorts others, in his exhortation. He who gives should be liberal; he who is in authority should be energetic and alert; and he who succours the afflicted should do it cheerfully.
012:009 Let your love be perfectly sincere. Regard with horror what is evil;
cling to what is right.
012:010 As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another;
in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.