Romans 12:1

The Text-Critical English New Testament

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, your reasonable religious service.

Cross References

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell yoʋ, her many sins are forgiven; that is why she has shown great love. But he to whom little is forgiven shows little love.”

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may determine what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:30

Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf.

Romans 2:4

Or do yoʋ despise the riches of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads yoʋ to repentance?

Romans 6:13

And do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

Romans 6:16

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

Romans 6:19

(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

Romans 9:23

in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance for glory,

1 Corinthians 1:10

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

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I, Paul, myself appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when with you face to face, but bold toward you when absent!

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry through God's mercy, we do not lose heart.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though on the outside we are wasting away, on the inside we are being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: “Be reconciled to God.”

2 Corinthians 6:1

As God's fellow workers, we urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

Ephesians 4:1

Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received,

Ephesians 5:10

Carefully determine what is pleasing to the Lord.

Philippians 1:20

My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be put to shame in anything, but will speak with complete boldness so that now, as always, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether I live or die.

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

Philippians 4:18

I have received everything in full and have an abundance. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are an aroma of a sweet fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, just as you learned from us how you ought to walk and to please God, you do so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

And indeed you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

Now we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, who lead you in the Lord and admonish you,

1 Timothy 2:3

For this is good and acceptable before God our Savior,

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to show godliness toward their own household and to make some repayment to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Philemon 1:10

appeal to yoʋ on behalf of my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

Philemon 1:9

I would rather appeal to yoʋ on the basis of love. I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner for Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 13:22

Now I urge you, brothers, to bear with this brief word of exhortation that I have written to you.

1 Peter 2:20

What credit do you get if you endure when you sin and are beaten for it? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with God.

1 Peter 2:5

you yourselves, like living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.