Romans 12:1
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.
Acts 10:35
But that in every nation he who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
Romans 2:6-10
For 'he will give to every man what his actions deserve.'
Romans 6:16
Surely you know that, when you offer yourselves as servants, to obey any one, you are the servants of the person whom you obey, whether the service be that of Sin which leads to Death, or that of Duty which leads to Righteousness.
Romans 7:8-9
But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.
Romans 14:18
He who serves the Christ in this way pleases God, and wins the approval of his fellow men.
Romans 15:16
Because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles--that I should act as a priest of God's Good News, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:6
And so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving- kindness which he gave us in The Beloved;
1 Timothy 5:4
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.
Hebrews 11:4
Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain's, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks.
James 1:15
Then Passion conceives and gives birth to Sin, and Sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth Death.
1 Peter 2:5
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.