Romans 12:1

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Because God has shown you such mercy, brothers and sisters, I ask you to offer up your bodies to God while you are still alive. That will be a sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. It’s the right kind of worship to offer God.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:5

You’re also like living stones. As you come to Christ, you’re being built into a house for worship. There you will be holy priests and offer spiritual sacrifices that God will accept because of what Jesus Christ has done.

Romans 6:13

Don’t offer any part of yourself to serve sin and do what’s wrong. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life. Offer every part of yourself to God to do what’s right.

Romans 6:19

I’m using an example from everyday human life to help you understand. You used to offer yourselves as slaves to dirty habits, and you did more and more things that were wrong. Now offer yourselves as slaves to the right way of living. Then you will become holy.

Romans 12:2

Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you’ll be able to recognize what God wants for you and agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

Ephesians 4:1

As a prisoner of the Lord, I ask you to live a life worthy of the purposes God has chosen you to fulfill.

Romans 6:16

Don’t you know that when you agree to obey someone the way a slave would, you become a slave to that person? If you’re slaves of sin, then you will die. But if you’re slaves who obey God, then you’ll live a godly life.

2 Corinthians 4:16

That’s why we never give up. Though our bodies are becoming weaker and weaker, our spirits are being renewed day by day.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God, and that’s how you’re living. But in the name of the Lord Jesus, we ask you and urge you to do that more and more.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are Christ’s official messengers. It’s as if God were making his appeal through us. So we beg you, on Christ’s behalf: Come back to God!

Ephesians 5:10

So find out what pleases the Lord,

Philippians 2:17

But even if my life is going to be poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I’ll be glad and joyful with all of you.

1 Corinthians 1:10

I ask all of you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree with one another and not argue. Look and think about things in the same way.

Romans 2:4

Aren’t you showing disrespect for God’s great kindness, favor, and patience? Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is meant to turn you away from your sins?

1 Peter 2:20

But if a person is punished for doing wrong and they take it patiently, they don’t deserve any special praise. But if you do suffer for doing good and you put up with it, God will praise you for that.

Philippians 4:18

I’ve already received my full pay, and I have more than enough. I have everything I need, now that Epaphroditus has brought me the gifts you sent. They’re a sweet-smelling offering, a sacrifice that God accepts and that makes him happy.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As people who work together with God, we ask you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.

Romans 15:30

I ask you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Holy Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

Romans 15:16

to serve Christ Jesus among the Gentiles. I’m like a priest of the good news, and I want the Gentiles to be an offering that pleases God because it has been made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Philippians 1:20

I truly expect and hope that I won’t be ashamed in any way, but that I’ll be brave enough so that now as always, Christ will be honored in my body, whether I live or die.

1 Timothy 2:3

This is good, and it pleases God our Savior,

1 Thessalonians 5:12

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to recognize the godly leaders who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and correct you.

Luke 7:47

So I tell you this: Her many sins have been forgiven, as her acts of great love have shown. But whoever has been forgiven only a little loves only a little.”

Hebrews 13:22

I ask you, brothers and sisters, to listen carefully to the challenges and encouragement that I’ve offered you briefly.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these relatives should first learn to put their faith into practice and care for their own family. That way they will repay their parents and grandparents, which is something that pleases God.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

You do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. But we’re still urging you, brothers and sisters, to love one another more and more.

Romans 9:23

What if he did this to show the riches of his glory to the people he had mercy on, the ones he’d prepared to receive his glory?

2 Corinthians 4:1

So, because we have this work to do through God’s mercy, we don’t give up.

2 Corinthians 10:1

I appeal to you by the humbleness and gentleness of Christ—I, Paul, the one you think is timid when I’m face to face with you, but bold when I’m away from you.

Philemon 1:9

But I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love. I, Paul, am an old man, and now I’m also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.

Philemon 1:10

Simply as that person, I want to appeal to you on behalf of my son Onesimus. He became a son to me while I was being held in chains.