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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Living Sacrifice</span></div><div class="p"><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 and sisters, in view of God&#8217;s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God&#8212;this is your true and proper worship. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God&#8217;s will is&#8212;his good, pleasing and perfect will.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Humble Service in the Body of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><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 rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all 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, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. </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 to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to provide for others</span></span></span><span class="content"> do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love in Action</span></div><div class="p"><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. Hate 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 love. Honor one another above yourselves. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. </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, faithful in prayer. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Share with the Lord&#8217;s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.</span></span></div><div class="p"><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; mourn with those who mourn. </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 be willing to associate with people of low position.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">willing to do menial work</span></span></span><span class="content"> Do not be conceited.</span></span></div><div class="p"><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. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God&#8217;s wrath, for it is written: &#8220;It is mine to avenge; I will repay,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:19 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:35</span></span></span><span class="content"> says the Lord. </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="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 something to drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.12.20"><span class="content">In doing this, 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">Prov. 25:21,22</span></span></span></span></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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         <div class="label">67</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 67</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God be gracious to us and bless us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="content">and make his face shine on us&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">67:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">so that your ways may be known on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="content">your salvation among all nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the peoples praise you, God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="content">may all the peoples praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May the nations be glad and sing for joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">for you rule the peoples with equity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">and guide the nations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the peoples praise you, God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="content">may all the peoples praise you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land yields its harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="content">God, our God, blesses us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.67.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May God bless us still,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.67.7"><span class="content">so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My son, do not despise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">and do not resent his rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> disciplines those he loves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.3.12"><span class="content">as a father the son he delights in.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child</span></span></span></span></div>
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