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Romans 12- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)
August 21
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Give Your Lives to God
12 1So brothers [and sisters], I beg you to do something. God has shown us great
mercy. So offer your lives as a living sacrifice* to God. Your offering must be
only for God and will be pleasing to him. This offering of yourselves is the spiritual
way for you to worship (serve) God. 2Don't change yourselves to be like the people
of this world. But be changed inside yourselves with a new way of thinking. Then
you will be able to decide and accept what God wants for you. You will be able
to know what things are good and pleasing to God and what things are perfect.
3God has given me a special gift. That is why I have something to say to every person
among you. Don't think that you are better than you really are. You must see yourself
like you really are. Decide what you are by the kind of faith God has given you.
4Each one of us has one body, and that body has many parts. These parts don't all
do the same thing. 5In the same way, we are many people, but in Christ we are all
one body. We are the parts of that body. And each part of that body belongs to all
the other parts. 6We all have different gifts. Each gift came because of the grace
(kindness) that God gave us. If a person has the gift of prophecy,* then that person
should use that gift with the faith he has. 7If a person has the gift of serving,
then that person should serve. If a person has the gift of teaching, then that person
should teach. 8If a person has the gift of comforting other people, then that person
should comfort. If a person has the gift of giving to help other people, then that
person should give freely. If a person has the gift of being a leader, then that
person should work hard when he leads. If a person has the gift of showing kindness
to other people, then that person should be glad to do that.
9Your love must be real. Hate the things that are evil. Do only the things that
are good. 10Love each other in a way that you feel close to each other like brothers
and sisters. You should want to give your brothers and sisters more honor than you
want for yourself. 11Don't be lazy when you need to be working for the Lord. Be
spiritually excited about serving him. 12Be happy because you have hope. Be patient
when you have troubles. Pray all the time. 13Share with God's people that need help.
Look for people that need help, and welcome those people into your homes. 14Say
only good things to those people that do bad things to you. Say good things to them
and don't curse them. 15When other people are happy, you should be happy with them.
And when other people are sad, you should be sad with them. 16Live together in peace
with each other. Don't be proud. Be willing to be friends with people who are not
important to other people. Don't be conceited.
17If someone does wrong to you, don't pay him back by doing wrong to him. Try to
do the things that all people think are good. 18Do the best you can to live in
peace with all people. 19My friends, don't try to punish people when they do wrong
to you. Wait for God to punish them with his anger. It is written: "I am the One
who punishes; I will pay people back,"* says the Lord. 20But you should do this:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if your enemy is thirsty, give him something
to drink. In this way you will make that person ashamed."* 21Don't let evil defeat
you. You should defeat evil by doing good.
Footnotes: sacrifice An offering or gift to God. gift of prophecy The ability that
God gives a person to speak for him. "I am ... back" Quote from Deut. 32:35. you
will make that person ashamed Literally, "you will pour burning coals on his head."
People in Old Testament times often put ashes on their heads to show they were sad
or sorry. "If your ... ashamed" Quote from Prov. 25:21-22.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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