Romans 12:1

New Century Version

So brothers and sisters, since God has shown us great mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him. Your offering must be only for God and pleasing to him, which is the spiritual way for you to worship.

Cross References

Psalm 116:12

What can I give the Lord for all the good things he has given to me?

Psalm 19:14

I hope my words and thoughts please you. Lord, you are my Rock, the one who saves me.

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring these people to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. The offerings and sacrifices they place on my altar will please me, because my Temple will be called a house for prayer for people from all nations.”

Jeremiah 6:20

Why do you bring me offerings of incense from the land of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway land? Your burnt offerings will not be accepted; your sacrifices do not please me.”

Hosea 14:2

Come back to the Lord and say these words to him: “Take away all our sin and kindly receive us, and we will keep the promises we made to you.

Luke 7:47

I tell you that her many sins are forgiven, so she showed great love. But the person who is forgiven only a little will love only a little.”

Romans 12:2

Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to those who are not Jews. I served God by teaching his Good News, so that the non-Jewish people could be an offering that God would accept—an offering made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:30

Brothers and sisters, I beg you to help me in my work by praying to God for me. Do this because of our Lord Jesus and the love that the Holy Spirit gives us.

Romans 2:4

He has been very kind and patient, waiting for you to change, but you think nothing of his kindness. Perhaps you do not understand that God is kind to you so you will change your hearts and lives.

Romans 6:13

Do not offer the parts of your body to serve sin, as things to be used in doing evil. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used in doing good.

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, which brings spiritual death, or you can obey God, which makes you right with him.

Romans 6:19

I use this example because this is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil; you lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.

Romans 9:23

He waited with patience so that he could make known his rich glory to the people who receive his mercy. He has prepared these people to have his glory,

1 Corinthians 1:10

I beg you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that all of you agree with each other and not be split into groups. I beg that you be completely joined together by having the same kind of thinking and the same purpose.

2 Corinthians 10:1

I, Paul, am begging you with the gentleness and the kindness of Christ. Some people say that I am easy on you when I am with you and bold when I am away.

2 Corinthians 4:1

God, with his mercy, gave us this work to do, so we don’t give up.

2 Corinthians 4:16

So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we have been sent to speak for Christ. It is as if God is calling to you through us. We speak for Christ when we beg you to be at peace with God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

We are workers together with God, so we beg you: Do not let the grace that you received from God be for nothing.

Ephesians 4:1

I am in prison because I belong to the Lord. Therefore I urge you who have been chosen by God to live up to the life to which God called you.

Ephesians 5:10

Try to learn what pleases the Lord.

Deuteronomy 14:2

You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

Philippians 1:20

I expect and hope that I will not fail Christ in anything but that I will have the courage now, as always, to show the greatness of Christ in my life here on earth, whether I live or die.

Philippians 2:17

Your faith makes you offer your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. If I have to offer my own blood with your sacrifice, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you.

Philippians 4:18

And now I have everything, and more. I have all I need, because Epaphroditus brought your gift to me. It is like a sweet-smelling sacrifice offered to God, who accepts that sacrifice and is pleased with it.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Brothers and sisters, we taught you how to live in a way that will please God, and you are living that way. Now we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way even more.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

And truly you do love the Christians in all of Macedonia. Brothers and sisters, now we encourage you to love them even more.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

Now, brothers and sisters, we ask you to appreciate those who work hard among you, who lead you in the Lord and teach you.

1 Timothy 2:3

This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to do their duty to their own family and to repay their parents or grandparents. That pleases God.

Philemon 1:10

am pleading with you for my child Onesimus, who became my child while I was in prison.

Philemon 1:9

But because I love you, I am pleading with you instead. I, Paul, an old man now and also a prisoner for Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 13:22

My brothers and sisters, I beg you to listen patiently to this message I have written to encourage you, because it is not very long.

1 Peter 2:20

If you are beaten for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for being patient in your punishment. But if you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones, so let yourselves be used to build a spiritual temple—to be holy priests who offer spiritual sacrifices to God. He will accept those sacrifices through Jesus Christ.