Living Sacrifices
(1 Corinthians 3:16–23; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20)
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 1 1Pe 2:5Rom 6:13Heb 13:15-16Rom 6:19Eph 4:1Rom 12:2Psa 19:141Pe 2:10-12 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. 1Pe 1:14Eph 4:22-242Co 5:17Col 3:101Jn 2:15-17Eph 5:17Ezk 36:261Pe 4:2
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you. Gal 6:3Php 2:3-8Pro 26:121Pe 5:5Rom 12:16Ecc 7:161Pe 5:8Jas 4:6 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, 1Co 12:271Co 12:12-14Eph 4:15-161Co 12:4Eph 4:4 so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another. 1Co 12:201Co 12:27-281Co 10:17Eph 4:25Eph 5:30Col 2:191Co 10:331Co 12:12-14
We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith; 1Pe 4:10-111Co 7:71Co 12:28-311Co 12:4-11Rom 12:31Co 13:21Co 14:11Co 14:3-5 if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 1Ti 5:172Ti 4:2Act 13:1Eph 4:111Ti 2:71Ti 3:21Ti 4:162Ti 2:2 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. 2Co 9:71Ti 5:171Co 12:281Ti 3:4-5Act 15:321Th 5:12-14Act 13:15Act 20:2
Love, Zeal, Hope, Hospitality
(John 13:31–35; 1 John 3:11–24)
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. Psa 34:141Pe 4:81Ti 1:51Jn 3:18-201Pe 3:10-111Th 5:211Pe 1:22Amo 5:15 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. Php 2:3Jhn 13:34-35Heb 13:11Jn 4:111Pe 3:8-91Pe 1:221Pe 2:171Th 4:9
Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Heb 6:10-11Act 18:25Pro 13:4Rev 3:15-161Pe 4:8Col 3:22-24Heb 12:28Eph 4:28
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer. Rom 15:13Heb 10:36Psa 62:8Rom 5:2-4Php 4:6-7Jas 5:71Pe 4:131Th 5:16-17
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality. Heb 13:162Co 9:121Jn 3:17Gal 6:10Heb 6:101Pe 4:9Heb 13:21Ti 3:2
Forgiveness
(Matthew 18:21–35)
Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. 1Pe 3:9Mat 5:441Th 5:151Co 4:12-13Rom 12:21Luk 6:28Jas 3:10Luk 23:34 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. 1Co 12:26Heb 13:3Psa 35:13-14Jhn 11:33-36Job 30:25Luk 1:58Php 2:17-18Act 11:23 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited. 1Pe 3:8Pro 3:7Jas 3:13-17Php 2:2-3Heb 13:5Rom 12:31Co 3:18Rom 15:5
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. Pro 20:221Th 5:151Pe 3:9Mat 5:392Co 8:20-21Php 4:8-9Rom 12:191Pe 2:12 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Heb 12:14Mat 5:9Rom 14:192Co 13:11Jas 3:16-18Gal 5:22Mrk 9:50Pro 12:20
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” 2 Deu 32:35Heb 10:30Pro 24:29Pro 20:22Rom 12:171Th 4:6Rom 12:14Lev 19:18
On the contrary, Pro 25:21-22Mat 5:44Luk 6:27Exo 23:4-52Ki 6:221Sa 24:16-191Sa 26:21Sng 8:6-7
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him a drink.
For in so doing,
you will heap burning coals on his head.” 3
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. 1Pe 3:9Luk 6:27-30Pro 16:32