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Romans 12

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service. CCC

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and the acceptable and the perfect will of God. CCC

3 For I say, by the grace that is given me, to all that are among you, not to be more wise than it behoveth to be wise, but to be wise unto sobriety and according as God hath divided to every one the measure of faith. Fathers

4 For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office: CCC

5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ; and every one members one of another: CCC · Fathers

6 And having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith; CCC

7 Or ministry, in ministering; or he that teacheth, in doctrine; CCC

8 He that exhorteth, in exhorting; he that giveth, with simplicity; he that ruleth, with carefulness; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. CCC

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good, CCC

10 Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preventing one another. CCC

11 In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord. CCC

12 Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer. CCC

13 Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality. CCC

14 Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not. CCC

15 Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

16 Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

17 To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men. Fathers

18 If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace with all men.

19 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

20 But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

21 Be not overcome by evil: but overcome evil by good.

This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Verse 1CCC 1105 CCC 2031
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    • CCC 1105 “The Epiclesis ("invocation upon") is the intercession in which the priest begs the Father to send the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, so…”
    • CCC 2031 “The moral life is spiritual worship. We "present (our) bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God," within the Body…”
  2. Verse 2CCC 2520 CCC 2826
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    • CCC 2520 “Baptism confers on its recipient the grace of purification from all sins. But the baptized must continue to struggle against concupiscence of…”
    • CCC 2826 “By prayer we can discern "what is the will of God" and obtain the endurance to do it. Jesus teaches us that…”
  3. Verse 3
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    • “For this cause also the apostle says, "Be not wise beyond what it is fitting to be wise, but be wise prudently,”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XX. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  4. Verse 4CCC 1142
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    • CCC 1142 “But "the members do not all have the same function." Certain members are called by God, in and through the Church, to…”
  5. Verse 5CCC 1372
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    • CCC 1372 “St. Augustine admirably summed up this doctrine that moves us to an ever more complete participation in our Redeemer's sacrifice which we…”

    • “Why do we divide and tear to pieces the members of Christ, and raise up strife against our own body, and have reached such a height of madness as to forget that "we are members one of another?”

      Quoted in First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Clement of Rome (c. AD 96), Chapter XLVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  6. Verse 6CCC 2004 CCC 114
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    • CCC 2004 “Among the special graces ought to be mentioned the graces of state that accompany the exercise of the responsibilities of the Christian…”
    • CCC 114 “3. Be attentive to the analogy of faith. By "analogy of faith" we mean the coherence of the truths of faith among…”
  7. Verse 7CCC 2004
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    • CCC 2004 “Among the special graces ought to be mentioned the graces of state that accompany the exercise of the responsibilities of the Christian…”
  8. Verse 8CCC 2004 CCC 2039
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    • CCC 2004 “Among the special graces ought to be mentioned the graces of state that accompany the exercise of the responsibilities of the Christian…”
    • CCC 2039 “Ministries should be exercised in a spirit of fraternal service and dedication to the Church, in the name of the Lord. At…”
  9. Verse 9CCC 1971
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    • CCC 1971 “To the Lord's Sermon on the Mount it is fitting to add the moral catechesis of the apostolic teachings, such as Romans…”
  10. Verse 10CCC 1971
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    • CCC 1971 “To the Lord's Sermon on the Mount it is fitting to add the moral catechesis of the apostolic teachings, such as Romans…”
  11. Verse 11CCC 1971 CCC 2039
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    • CCC 1971 “To the Lord's Sermon on the Mount it is fitting to add the moral catechesis of the apostolic teachings, such as Romans…”
    • CCC 2039 “Ministries should be exercised in a spirit of fraternal service and dedication to the Church, in the name of the Lord. At…”
  12. Verse 12CCC 1820 CCC 1971
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    • CCC 1820 “Christian hope unfolds from the beginning of Jesus' preaching in the proclamation of the beatitudes. the beatitudes raise our hope toward heaven…”
    • CCC 1971 “To the Lord's Sermon on the Mount it is fitting to add the moral catechesis of the apostolic teachings, such as Romans…”
  13. Verse 13CCC 1971
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    • CCC 1971 “To the Lord's Sermon on the Mount it is fitting to add the moral catechesis of the apostolic teachings, such as Romans…”
  14. Verse 14CCC 1669 CCC 2636
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    • CCC 1669 “Sacramentals derive from the baptismal priesthood: every baptized person is called to be a "blessing," and to bless. Hence lay people may…”
    • CCC 2636 “The first Christian communities lived this form of fellowship intensely. Thus the Apostle Paul gives them a share in his ministry of…”
  15. Verse 17
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    • “And let the presbyters be compassionate and merciful to all, bringing back those that wander, visiting all the sick, and not neglecting the widow, the orphan, or the poor, but always "providing for that which is becoming in the sight of God and man;”

      Quoted in Letter to the Philippians, St. Polycarp of Smyrna (early 2nd century), Chapter VI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

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