Romans 12:1
I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.
1 Peter 2:5
you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.
Romans 6:13
Stop offering the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:16
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Romans 6:19
I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.
Ephesians 4:1
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to live in a way that is worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
Psalm 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, I urge all of you to be in agreement and not to have divisions among you, so that you may be perfectly united in your understanding and opinions.
2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I myself, Paul, plead with you with the gentleness and kindness of the Messiah I who am humble when I am face to face with you but forceful toward you when I am away!
Psalm 50:13-14
Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats?
Luke 7:47
So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."
Romans 9:23
Can't he also reveal his glorious riches to the objects of his mercy that he has prepared ahead of time for glory
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you are to be free from yeast. For the Messiah, our Passover, has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 6:13-20
Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will make them both unnecessary. The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
2 Corinthians 4:16
That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.
Titus 3:4-8
In grace our Savior God appeared, to make his love for mankind clear.
Hebrews 13:15-16
Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.
1 Peter 2:10-12
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Psalm 69:30-31
Let me praise the name of God with a song that I may magnify him with thanksgiving.
Psalm 116:12
What will I return to the LORD for all his benefits to me?
Isaiah 56:7
these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will rise up to be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for everyone."
Jeremiah 6:20
What good is frankincense that comes from Sheba to me, or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings aren't acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me."
Hosea 14:2
Bring a prepared speech with you as you return to the LORD. Say to him: "Take away all our iniquity, and accept what is good. Then we will present the fruit of our lips.
Romans 2:4
Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?
Romans 15:16
to be a minister of the Messiah Jesus to the gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering brought by gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:30
Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and by the love that the Spirit produces, to join me in my struggle, earnestly praying to God for me
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died.
2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore, we are the Messiah's representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah's behalf: "Be reconciled to God!"
2 Corinthians 6:1
Since, then, we are working with God, we plead with you not to accept God's grace in vain.
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us
Ephesians 5:10
Determine what pleases the Lord,
Philippians 1:20
I rejoice because I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of, because through my boldness the Messiah will be exalted through me, now as always, whether I live or die.
Philippians 2:1-5
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in the Messiah, if there is any comfort of love, if there is any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is any compassion and sympathy,
Philippians 2:17
Yet even if I am being poured out like an offering as part of the sacrifice and service I offer for your faith, I rejoice, and I share my joy with all of you.
Philippians 4:18
I have been paid in full and have more than enough. I am fully supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus what you sent a fragrant aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Now then, brothers, you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, as in fact you are doing. We ask and encourage you in the Lord to do so even more.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
In fact, you are showing love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia, but we urge you, brothers, to keep on doing this even more.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
Brothers, we ask you to show your appreciation for those who work among you, set an example for you in the Lord, and instruct you.
1 Timothy 2:3
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
Hebrews 10:20-22
the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),
Hebrews 13:22
I urge you, brothers, to listen patiently to my encouraging message, for I have written you a short letter.
1 Peter 2:20
What good does it do if, when you sin, you patiently receive punishment for it? But if you suffer for doing good and receive it patiently, you have God's approval.
Romans 11:30-31
For just as you disobeyed God in the past but now have received his mercy because of their disobedience,