Romans 12:1

First Nations Version

So then, my sacred family members, because Creator has shown us such mercy and kindness, I now call on you to offer your whole beings, heart, mind, and strength, to the Great Spirit as a living sacrifice. Do this in a sacred and spiritual manner that will make his heart glad.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:5

You are also like living wooden poles whose branches are being woven together into a spiritual and sacred lodge. In this spiritual lodge, as holy men and women, you will send up spiritual offerings that will be like sweet-smelling smoke to the Great Spirit through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.

Romans 6:13

So then, you should no longer permit broken ways to use your bodies for wrongdoing. Instead, as people whom the Great Spirit has raised from death to life, offer your bodies to him for doing what is right.

Romans 6:19

I am using weak human words to speak to weak human beings! You used to walk in impure ways and became the slaves of doing wrong, leading to even worse things. So now, in the same way, begin to walk as slaves of doing what is good and right, living life in a sacred manner.

Romans 12:2

Do not permit the ways of this world to mold and shape you. Instead, let Creator change you from the inside out, in the way a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. He will do this by giving you a new way of thinking, seeing, and walking. Then you will know for sure what the Great Spirit wants for you, things that are good, that make the heart glad, and that help you to walk the path of becoming a mature and true human being.

Ephesians 4:1

Because I walk the road with our Honored Chief, I have been made a prisoner. I now call on you to join me in representing him in a good way as you follow the path he has chosen for you.

Romans 6:16

You must know that if you follow a path, you will end up where it takes you. Which path will you follow? Will you follow the path of broken ways that leads to death, or the path that leads to good standing in the eyes of the Great Spirit?

2 Corinthians 4:16

That is why we never lose heart. For even though our outer being is fading away, our inner being grows stronger every day.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

My sacred family members, I have more I want to say to you. You are walking in a way that makes Creator’s heart glad, the way we taught you to walk. Now our firm counsel to you from our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is that you must keep walking more and more in this way.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we now represent the Chosen One. It is as if Creator is speaking through us, calling out for all people to walk the path of being restored back to the Great Spirit.

Ephesians 5:10

This will prove you are his children—the ones who seek for ways to make his heart glad.

Philippians 2:17

Even if my lifeblood is to be poured out like a ceremonial drink offering in loving service to your faith, my heart is glad and I share my joy with you.

1 Corinthians 1:10

My sacred family members, I come to you representing our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Chosen One. I am speaking to you from my heart with firm words. To keep the family from splitting into opposing groups, you must seek harmony with each other and speak with one voice. In this way, you will be joined together with one mind and purpose.

Romans 2:4

Or do you hold bitter thoughts about Creator’s kindness, patience, and willingness to bear with others? Do you not know that it is the kindness of the Great Spirit that draws you back to the path of his right ways?

1 Peter 2:20

There is no honor in suffering for wrongs you have done. But if you suffer with patience for doing what is right, then Creator will look on you with great kindness.

Philippians 4:18

But now I have received more than I need. My blanket has been filled with good things. The gifts that Walks with Beauty (Epaphroditus) brought from you are like a sweet-smelling smoke offering —a sacrificial gift, pleasing to the Great Spirit.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As we work side by side with Creator, we are calling out for you to not let the gift of Creator’s great kindness fall to the ground.

Romans 15:30

My sacred family members, I now call on you by the power of our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, and by the love of the Spirit, to wrestle with me in prayer when you send your voice to the Great Spirit.

Philippians 1:20

From deep in my spirit comes the hope that I will never face the shame of defeat but that I will have the courage, now and always, to bring honor to the Chosen One by the way I live or by the way I die.

1 Timothy 2:3

This will make Creator’s heart glad and will be seen as a good thing by the one who sets us free and makes us whole.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

So, my sacred family members, we have something to ask of you. Honor the spiritual leaders who work hard among you. For they watch over you and give you wise and firm counsel as they serve our Honored Chief.

Luke 7:47

I tell you, she is forgiven and set free from her broken ways because of her great love. But small is the love of one who has been forgiven only for small things.” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) looked at her with kindness in his eyes.

Hebrews 13:22

So now, my relatives, I counsel you to take to heart this short message. I have written it to lift you up and give you strength.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any among them have children or grandchildren, they should take care of her with respect as she once did for them, for this is what Creator wants them to do.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

It is clear that you show love to all the sacred family throughout Land of Tall People (Macedonia). So then, my sacred family members, keep loving like this more and more.

Romans 9:23

Does not the Great Spirit also have the right, from the treasures of his beauty, to pour out his kindness and mercy on pots of clay he has already chosen from the Outside Nations?

2 Corinthians 4:1

Since we have received this sacred task through Creator’s mercy, we never lose heart as we walk this road.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I, Small Man (Paul), will speak for myself. With all the humility and kindness of the Chosen One I beg you to listen to what I have to say. Some have said that I am weak when with you and bold when away from you.

Philemon 1:9

but instead, I am asking for your help out of love. I ask as Small Man (Paul), your elder, who is a prisoner because of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.

Philemon 1:10

I call on you for the sake of He Is Helpful (Onesimus) my spiritual child, to whom I have become a spiritual father while in prison.