1 Timothy 2:3

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1 Timothy 2:3

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

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but, if a widow has children or grand-children, let them learn to show proper regard for the members of their own family first, and to make some return to their parents; for that is pleasing in God's sight.

I entreat you, then, Brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, for this is your rational worship.

He who serves the Christ in this way pleases God, and wins the approval of his fellow men.

For the outcome of life in the Light may be seen in every form of goodness, righteousness, and sincerity--

Bearing a rich harvest of that righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

My wants are fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts which you sent me--the sweet fragrance of a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and your characters will grow through a fuller knowledge of God;

Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.

Never forget to do kindly acts and to share what you have with others, for such sacrifices are acceptable to God.

and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual House, to be a consecrated Priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.