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Berean Standard Audio Bible - (Non-drama)

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            <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Living Sacrifices</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">1 Corinthians 3:16&#8211;23</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">1 Corinthians 6:18&#8211;20</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God&#8217;s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:1 </span><span class="ft">Or your reasonable service</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do 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.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For 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. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one&#8217;s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">if 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.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love, Zeal, Hope, Hospitality</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">John 13:31&#8211;35</span><span class="heading">; </span><span class="heading">1 John 3:11&#8211;24</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Forgiveness</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(</span><span class="heading">Matthew 18:21&#8211;35</span><span class="heading">)</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God&#8217;s wrath. For it is written: &#8220;Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:19 </span><span class="ft">Deuteronomy 32:35 (see also LXX)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">On the contrary,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">&#8220;If your enemy is hungry, feed him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">if he is thirsty, give him a drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">For in so doing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">you will heap burning coals on his head.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:20 </span><span class="ft">Proverbs 25:21&#8211;22 (see also LXX)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.</span></span></div>
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The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible, BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain.

Therefore 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. Do 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.

For 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. Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

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



Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

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

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

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



Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

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

On 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.”

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

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