Romans 12:1
I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.
Acts 10:35
"but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
Romans 2:6-10
For He will render to every man according to his works;
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?
Romans 7:8-9
But when sin had gained a vantage-ground, by means of the commandment, it stirred up within me all manner of lust; for where there is no law, sin is dead.
Romans 14:18
Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.
Romans 15:16
I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:6
and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved.
1 Timothy 5:4
but if any widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn to show their piety first toward their own household, and to make some return to their parents, for that is pleasing in God's sight.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice more acceptable than that of Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it he, although he is dead, still speaks.
James 1:15
Then lust conceives and gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is mature, brings forth death.
1 Peter 2:5
And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.