CHAP. XII.
Lessons of christian virtues.
1 I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercy
of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
pleasing to God, your reasonable
service.
2 And be not conformed to
this world; but be ye reformed
in the newness of your mind:
that you may prove what is
the good, and the acceptable,
and the perfect will of God.
3 For I say, through the
grace that is given me, to all
that are among you, not to
be more wise than it behoveth
to be wise, but to be wise unto
sobriety, and according as God
hath divided to every one the
measure of faith.
4 For as in one body we
have many members, but all
the members have not the
same office:
5 So we being many, are
one body in Christ, and every
one members one of another.
6 And having gifts different,
according to the grace that is
given us, whether prophecy,
to be used according to the rule
of faith.
7 Or ministry, in ministring;
or he that teacheth, in
teaching.
8 He that exhorteth in exhorting,
he that giveth with
simplicity, he that ruleth with
carefulness, he that sheweth
mercy with chearfulness.
9 Let love be without dissimulation.
Hating that which
is evil, cleaving to that which
is good.
10 Loving one another with
brotherly love; in honour
preventing one another.
11 In carefulness not slothful:
in spirit fervent: serving
the Lord:
12 Rejoicing in hope: Patient
in tribulation: Instant in
prayer:
13 Communicating to the
necessities of the saints: Pursuing
hospitality.
14 Bless them that persecute
you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that
rejoice, weep with them that
weep.
16 Be of one mind one
towards another: Mind not
high things, but condescend to
the humble. Be not wise in
your own conceits:
17 Render to no man evil
for evil: Provide things good
not only in the sight of God,
but also in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much
as is in you, have peace with
all men.
19 Revenge not yourselves,
my dearly beloved: but give
place to wrath, for it is written:
Revenge is mine, I wish repay,
saith the Lord.
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20 But if thy enemy be
hungry, give him to eat: if he
thirst, give him drink: For,
doing this, thou shalt heap coals
of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome by evil,
but overcome evil with good.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
