Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Ephesians 5:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised testing what is pleasing to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him]. American Standard Version (1901) proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; Common English Bible Therefore, test everything to see what’s pleasing to the Lord, Catholic Public Domain Version affirming what is well-pleasing to God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Proving what is well pleasing to God: |
Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?
What use to me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.
Whoever serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and receives human approval.
so that you may approve the things that are superior and may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,
But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided #– #a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practise godliness towards their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
For what credit is there if when you do wrong and are beaten, you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favour with God.
you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. ‘I can’t walk in these,’ David said to Saul, ‘I’m not used to them.’ So David took them off.