I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, {\i which is} your spiritual service.
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name {\i shall be} great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense {\i shall be} offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name {\i shall be} great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? {\b for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.}\par
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things {\i that came} from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.