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Living Sacrifices to God

¹I ⚓beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies ⚓a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. ²And ⚓do not be conformed to this world, but ⚓be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may ⚓prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Serve God with Spiritual Gifts

³For I say, ⚓through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, ⚓not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt ⚓to each one a measure of faith. ⁴For ⚓as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵so ⚓we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. ⁶Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is ⚓given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us⚓prophesy in proportion to our faith; ⁷or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; ⚓he who teaches, in teaching; ⁸⚓he who exhorts, in exhortation; ⚓he who gives, with liberality; ⚓he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, ⚓with cheerfulness.

Behave Like a Christian

⁹⚓Let love be without hypocrisy. ⚓Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. ¹⁰⚓Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, ⚓in honor giving preference to one another; ¹¹not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; ¹²⚓rejoicing in hope, ⚓patient in tribulation, ⚓continuing steadfastly in prayer; ¹³⚓distributing to the needs of the saints, ⚓given to hospitality.
¹⁴⚓Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. ¹⁵⚓Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. ¹⁶⚓Be of the same mind toward one another. ⚓Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
¹⁷⚓Repay no one evil for evil. ⚓Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. ¹⁸If it is possible, as much as depends on you, ⚓live peaceably with all men. ¹⁹Beloved, ⚓do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ⚓“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. ²⁰Therefore
⚓“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but ⚓overcome evil with good.

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基督里的新生活

¹所以，弟兄们，我以上帝的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上当作活祭，是圣洁的，是上帝所喜悦的，你们如此事奉乃是理所当然的⚓。 ²不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化，叫你们察验何为上帝的善良、纯全、可喜悦的旨意。
³我凭着所赐我的恩对你们每一位说：不要把自己看得太高，要照着上帝所分给各人的信心来衡量，看得合乎中道。 ⁴正如我们一个身子上有好些肢体，肢体也不都有一样的用处。 ⁵这样，我们许多人在基督里是一个身体，互相联络作肢体。 ⁶按着所得的恩典，我们各有不同的恩赐：或说预言，要按着信心的程度说预言； ⁷或服事的，要专一服事；或教导的，要专一教导； ⁸或劝勉的，要专一劝勉；施舍的，要诚实；治理的，要殷勤；怜悯人的，要乐意。

基督徒的生活守则

⁹爱，不可虚假；恶，要厌恶；善，要亲近。 ¹⁰爱弟兄，要相亲相爱；恭敬人，要彼此推让； ¹¹殷勤，不可懒惰。要灵里火热；常常服侍主。 ¹²在盼望中要喜乐；在患难中要忍耐；祷告要恒切。 ¹³圣徒有缺乏，要供给；异乡客，要殷勤款待。 ¹⁴要祝福迫害你们⚓的，要祝福，不可诅咒。 ¹⁵要与喜乐的人同乐；要与哀哭的人同哭。 ¹⁶要彼此同心，不要心高气傲，倒要俯就卑微的人。不要自以为聪明。 ¹⁷不要以恶报恶，众人以为美的事要留心去做。 ¹⁸若是可行，总要尽力与众人和睦。 ¹⁹各位亲爱的，不要自己伸冤，宁可给主的愤怒留地步，因为经上记着：“主说：‘伸冤在我，我必报应。’” ²⁰不但如此，“你的仇敌若饿了，就给他吃；若渴了，就给他喝。因为你这样做，就是把炭火堆在他的头上。” ²¹不要被恶所胜，反要以善胜恶。