(1 Corinthians 3:16–23; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20)
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I call on you, therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies [as] a sacrifice—living, sanctified, acceptable to God—your intelligent service;
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and do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what [is] the will of God—the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
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For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think above what it ought to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God dealt a measure of faith,
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for as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same office,
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so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and members of one another—each one.
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And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us: whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
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or ministry, in the ministry; or he who is teaching, in the teaching;
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or he who is exhorting, in the exhortation; he who is sharing, in simplicity; he who is leading, in diligence; he who is doing kindness, in cheerfulness.
Love, Zeal, Hope, Hospitality
(John 13:31–35; 1 John 3:11–24)
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The love unhypocritical: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
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in the love of brothers, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honor going before one another;
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in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; serving the LORD;
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in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;
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to the necessities of the holy ones communicating; the hospitality pursuing.
Forgiveness
(Matthew 18:21–35)
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Bless those persecuting you; bless, and do not curse;
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to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,
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of the same mind toward one another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; do not become wise in your own conceit;
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giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.
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If possible—so far as in you—with all men being in peace;
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not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it has been written: “Vengeance [is] Mine,
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I will repay again, says the LORD”; if, then, your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for doing this, you will heap coals of fire on his head.
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Do not be overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.
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