I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

You

I entreat you, brothers, to acknowledge those who are toiling among you and are your leaders in the Lord, and give you counsel.

Warn

I never shrank from telling you the whole counsel of God.

I am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you, as my beloved children.

Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ.

That

men who are blameless, the husband of one wife, with believing children who are not accused of riot or insubordination.

Unruly

But I hear that there are those of your number who are leading idle and disorderly lives, who are not busy, but mere busybodies.

Be

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

With all humility and gentleness and long-suffering forbear with one another in love;

Learn then to imitate God as his beloved children,

Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper;

no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money-lover;

But you, O servant of God, flee from these things, and run after integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, gentleness.

The Lord's slave must not quarrel, but must be kind to all men; a skilful teacher, patient of wrong.

He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is encompassed with moral weakness,

Remember those who are in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners; remember too, those who are being ill-treated, since you too, are in the body.

General references

Wherefore lift up your listless hands, strengthen your feeble knees;