ROMANS 12:1-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)

I APPEAL TO YOU therefore, brethren, and BEG OF YOU IN VIEW OF [all] THE MERCIES OF GOD, TO MAKE A DECISIVE DEDICATION OF YOUR BODIES [presenting all your members and faculties] AS A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY (devoted, consecrated) AND WELL PLEASING TO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE (rational, intelligent) SERVICE and SPIRITUAL WORSHIP.

2 DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], BUT BE TRANSFORMED (changed) by the [entire] RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND [by its new ideals and its new attitude], SO THAT YOU MAY PROVE [for yourselves] WHAT IS THE GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD, even the thing which is GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT [in His sight for you].

3 FOR BY THE GRACE (unmerited favor of God) GIVEN TO ME I WARN EVERYONE AMONG YOU NOT TO ESTIMATE AND THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, EACH ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF FAITH APPORTIONED BY GOD TO HIM.