Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not 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 each a measure of faith. For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them according to the proportion of his faith.
Paul is raising three points: First, we are to honor our human body as holy, because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Second, he reminds us that our spiritual gifts together for the church, which is the body of Christ. All persons who are saved receive spiritual gifts to strengthen the body of Christ in the church and that each receives according to the measure of their faith. Nobody ought to think that they are more important, because whatever they do for the church is because they have been given a gift by God for that service - it is not according to one's talent. Finally we are to proceed with a sober mind, because we are Christ's ambassadors for his service until he returns.
Daily Prayer: Father, we do not ask why the potter made some vessels for honor and others for common use. We know that all things work together for good for all who are called according to your purpose. Reveal and nurture in me your giftedness for my life and let me receive it in all humility. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
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