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| | <center><small>''Holiness enjoined.<br/>The recommendation of sundry practical duties.</small></center> | | <center><small>''Holiness enjoined.<br/>The recommendation of sundry practical duties.</small></center> |
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| | '''1''' I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, ''which is'' your reasonable service. | | '''1''' I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, ''which is'' your reasonable service. |
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| − | '''2''' And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what ''is'' that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. | + | '''2''' And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,<ref>This call for the renewal of the mind is also translated as "let God change the way you think" (Contemporary English Version).</ref> that ye may prove what ''is'' that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. |
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| | '''3''' For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think ''of himself'' more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. | | '''3''' For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think ''of himself'' more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. |
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| | '''21''' Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. | | '''21''' Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. |
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| | ==Footnotes== | | ==Footnotes== |