And y’all must not present any part of y’all’s body to sin as tools of unrighteousness, but present yourselves* to God as alive from the dead, and y’all’s body parts as tools of righteousness to God.
Therefore I urge y’all, siblings, by the mercies of God, to present y’all’s bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your* proper sacred service.
“A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says YHWH Almighty to y’all priests who despise my name. “Y’all ask, ‘How have we despised your name?’”