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Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 12

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Romans 12 NASB - New American Standard BibleRomans 12 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 12 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Therefore 1I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to 2present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, [a]acceptable to God, which is your [b]spiritual service of worship.
  2. And do not 3be conformed to 4this [c]world, but be transformed by the 5renewing of your mind, so that you may [d]6prove what the will of God is, that which is good and [e]acceptable and perfect.
  3. ¶ For through 7the grace given to me I say to everyone among you 8not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to 9each a measure of faith.
  4. For 10just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function,
  5. so we, 11who are many, are 12one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
  6. Since we have gifts that 13differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if 14prophecy, [f]according to the proportion of his faith;
  7. if [g]15service, in his serving; or he who 16teaches, in his teaching;
  8. or he who 17exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with [h]18liberality; 19he who [i]leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with 20cheerfulness.
  9. Let 21love be without hypocrisy. 22Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.
  10. Be 23devoted to one another in brotherly love; [j]give preference to one another 24in honor;
  11. not lagging behind in diligence, 25fervent in spirit, 26serving the Lord;
  12. 27rejoicing in hope, 28persevering in tribulation, 29devoted to prayer,
  13. 30contributing to the needs of the [k]saints, [l]31practicing hospitality.
  14. 32Bless those who persecute [m]you; bless and do not curse.
  15. 33Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
  16. 34Be of the same mind toward one another; 35do not be haughty in mind, but [n]associate with the lowly. 36Do not be wise in your own estimation.
  17. 37Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. [o]38Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
  18. If possible, 39so far as it depends on you, 40be at peace with all men.
  19. 41Never take your own revenge, beloved, but [p]leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “42VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord.
  20. “43BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.”
  21. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or well-pleasing
  2. ^ Or rational
  3. ^ Or age
  4. ^ Or approve
  5. ^ Or well-pleasing
  6. ^ Or in agreement with the faith
  7. ^ Or office of service
  8. ^ Or simplicity
  9. ^ Or gives aid
  10. ^ Or outdo one another in showing honor
  11. ^ Or holy ones
  12. ^ Lit pursuing
  13. ^ Two early mss do not contain you
  14. ^ Or accommodate yourself to lowly things
  15. ^ Lit Take thought for
  16. ^ Lit give a place

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Co 1:10; 2Co 10:1-4; Eph 4:1; 1Pe 2:11
  2. ^ Ro 6:13, 16, 19; 1Co 6:20; Heb 13:15; 1Pe 2:5
  3. ^ 1Pe 1:14
  4. ^ Mt 13:22; Ga 1:4; 1Jo 2:15
  5. ^ Eph 4:23; Ti 3:5
  6. ^ Eph 5:10, 17; Col 1:9
  7. ^ Ro 1:5; 15:15; 1Co 3:10; 15:10; Ga 2:9; Eph 3:7f
  8. ^ Ro 11:20; 12:16
  9. ^ 1Co 7:17; 2Co 10:13; Eph 4:7; 1Pe 4:11
  10. ^ 1Co 12:12-14; Eph 4:4, 16
  11. ^ 1Co 10:17, 33
  12. ^ 1Co 12:20, 27; Eph 4:12, 25
  13. ^ Ro 12:3; 1Co 7:7; 12:4; 1Pe 4:10
  14. ^ Ac 13:1; 1Co 12:10
  15. ^ Ac 6:1; 1Co 12:5, 28
  16. ^ Ac 13:1; 1Co 12:28; 14:26
  17. ^ Ac 4:36; 11:23; 13:15
  18. ^ 2Co 8:2; 9:11, 13
  19. ^ 1Co 12:28; 1Ti 5:17
  20. ^ 2Co 9:7
  21. ^ 2Co 6:6; 1Ti 1:5
  22. ^ 1Th 5:21f
  23. ^ Jn 13:34; 1Th 4:9; Heb 13:1; 2Pe 1:7
  24. ^ Ro 13:7; Pp 2:3; 1Pe 2:17
  25. ^ Ac 18:25
  26. ^ Ac 20:19
  27. ^ Ro 5:2
  28. ^ Heb 10:32, 36
  29. ^ Ac 1:14
  30. ^ Ro 15:25; 1Co 16:15; 2Co 9:1; Heb 6:10
  31. ^ Mt 25:35; 1Ti 3:2
  32. ^ Mt 5:44; Lu 6:28; 1Co 4:12
  33. ^ Jb 30:25; Heb 13:3
  34. ^ Ro 15:5; 2Co 13:11; Pp 2:2; 4:2; 1Pe 3:8
  35. ^ Ro 11:20; 12:3
  36. ^ Pr 3:7; Ro 11:25
  37. ^ Pr 20:22; 24:29; Ro 12:19
  38. ^ 2Co 8:21
  39. ^ Ro 1:15
  40. ^ Mr 9:50; Ro 14:19
  41. ^ Pr 20:22; 24:29; Ro 12:17
  42. ^ De 32:35; Ps 94:1; 1Th 4:6; Heb 10:30
  43. ^ 2Ki 6:22; Pr 25:21f; Mt 5:44; Lu 6:27

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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