Romans 12:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:7

I will lead them to my holy mountain, and I will gladden them in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their victims will be pleasing to me upon my altar. For my house will be called the house of prayer for all peoples.

Jeremiah 6:20

For what reason are you bringing me frankincense from Sheba, and sweet smelling reeds from a far away land? Your holocausts are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me."

Hosea 14:2

Israel, convert to the Lord your God. For you have been ruined by your own iniquity.

Numbers 7:21

an ox from the herd, and a ram, and one-year-old lamb as a holocaust,

Luke 7:47

Because of this, I tell you: many sins are forgiven her, because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven less, loves less."

Romans 12:2

And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

Romans 15:16

so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:30

Therefore, I beg you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and though the love of the Holy Spirit, that you assist me with your prayers to God on my behalf,

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and patience and forbearance? Do you not know that the kindness of God is calling you to repentance?

Romans 6:13

Nor should you offer the parts of your body as instruments of iniquity for sin. Instead, offer yourselves to God, as if you were living after death, and offer the parts of your body as instruments of justice for God.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know to whom you are offering yourselves as servants under obedience? You are the servants of whomever you obey: whether of sin, unto death, or of obedience, unto justice.

Romans 6:19

I am speaking in human terms because of the infirmity of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of your body to serve impurity and iniquity, for the sake of iniquity, so also have you now yielded the parts of your body to serve justice, for the sake of sanctification.

Romans 9:23

so that he might reveal the wealth of his glory, within these vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?

1 Corinthians 1:10

And so, I beg you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that every one of you speak in the same way, and that there be no schisms among you. So may you become perfect, with the same mind and with the same judgment.

2 Corinthians 10:1

But I myself, Paul, am begging you, through the meekness and modesty of Christ. I am certainly, by appearances, lowly among you, yet I have confidence in you, even while I am absent.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate.

2 Corinthians 4:16

For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

But, as a help to you, we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Ephesians 4:1

And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called:

Ephesians 5:10

affirming what is well-pleasing to God.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people, for the Lord your God. And he chose you, so that you may be a people particularly his, out of all the nations on earth.

Philippians 1:20

by means of my own expectation and hope. For in nothing shall I be confounded. Instead, with all confidence, now just as always, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Philippians 2:17

Moreover, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you.

Philippians 4:18

But I have everything in abundance. I have been filled up, having received from Epaphroditus the things that you sent; this is an odor of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Therefore, concerning other things, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus, that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God, so also may you walk, in order that you may abound all the more.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more,

1 Thessalonians 5:12

And we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and who preside over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,

1 Timothy 2:3

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let her first learn to manage her own household, and to fulfill, in turn, her own obligation to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.

Philemon 1:10

I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.

Philemon 1:9

but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:22

And I beg you, brothers, that you may permit this word of consolation, especially since I have written to you with few words.

1 Peter 2:20

For what glory is there, if you sin and then suffer a beating? But if you do well and suffer patiently, this is grace with God.

1 Peter 2:5

be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.