Romans 12:1

New American Bible - revised edition

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.

Cross References

Psalm 116:12

How can I repay the Lord for all the great good done for me?

Psalm 19:14

Also from arrogant ones restrain your servant; let them never control me. Then shall I be blameless, innocent of grave sin.

Isaiah 56:7

Them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Jeremiah 6:20

Of what use to me is incense that comes from Sheba, or sweet cane from far-off lands? Your burnt offerings find no favor with me, your sacrifices do not please me.

Hosea 14:2

Return, Israel, to the Lord, your God; you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Numbers 7:21

one bull from the herd, one ram, and one yearling lamb for a burnt offering;

Luke 7:47

So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

Romans 12:2

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. Many Parts in One Body.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.

Romans 15:30

I urge you, [brothers,] by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in the struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,

Romans 2:4

Or do you hold his priceless kindness, forbearance, and patience in low esteem, unaware that the kindness of God would lead you to repentance?

Romans 6:13

And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness.

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 6:19

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your nature. For just as you presented the parts of your bodies as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.

Romans 9:23

This was to make known the riches of his glory to the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared previously for glory,

1 Corinthians 1:10

I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I myself, Paul, urge you through the gentleness and clemency of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but brave toward you when absent,

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown us, we are not discouraged.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Ephesians 4:1

I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,

Ephesians 5:10

Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a people holy to the Lord, your God; the Lord, your God, has chosen you from all the peoples on the face of the earth to be a people specially his own. Clean and Unclean Animals.

Philippians 1:20

My eager expectation and hope is that I shall not be put to shame in any way, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Philippians 2:17

But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.

Philippians 4:18

I have received full payment and I abound. I am very well supplied because of what I received from you through Epaphroditus, “a fragrant aroma,” an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God—and as you are conducting yourselves—you do so even more.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Nevertheless we urge you, brothers, to progress even more,

1 Thessalonians 5:12

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who are laboring among you and who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you,

1 Timothy 2:3

This is good and pleasing to God our savior,

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these first learn to perform their religious duty to their own family and to make recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing to God.

Philemon 1:10

I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment,

Philemon 1:9

I rather urge you out of love, being as I am, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 13:22

Brothers, I ask you to bear with this message of encouragement, for I have written to you rather briefly.

1 Peter 2:20

But what credit is there if you are patient when beaten for doing wrong? But if you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good, this is a grace before God.

1 Peter 2:5

and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.