Romans 12:1
Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.
1 Peter 2:5
come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:13
you must not let sin have your members for the service of vice, you must dedicate yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, dedicating your members to God for the service of righteousness.
Romans 6:16
Do you not know you are the servants of the master you obey, of the master to whom you yield yourselves obedient, whether it is Sin, whose service ends in death, or Obedience, whose service ends in righteousness?
Romans 6:19
(I use this human analogy to bring the truth home to your weak nature.) As you once dedicated your members to the service of vice and lawlessness, so now dedicate them to the service of righteousness that means consecration.
Ephesians 4:1
As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,
1 Corinthians 1:10
Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude.
2 Corinthians 10:1
I appeal to you myself by the gentleness and consideration of Christ ??the Paul who is 'humble enough to your face when he is with you, but outspoken enough when he gets away from you.'
Luke 7:47
Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."
Romans 9:23
What if he means to show the wealth that lies in his glory for the objects of his mercy, whom he has made ready beforehand to receive glory ??24 that is, for us whom he has called from among the Gentiles as well as the Jews?
Romans 12:2
Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Clean out the old dough that you may be a fresh lump. For you are free from the old leaven; Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 6:13-20
'Food is meant for the stomach, and the stomach for food'? Yes, and God will do away with the one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body;
2 Corinthians 4:16
Hence I never lose heart; though my outward man decays, my inner man is renewed day after day.
1 Timothy 5:4
(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)
Titus 3:4-8
But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared;
Hebrews 13:15-16
And by him let us constantly offer praise to God as our sacrifice, that is, the fruit of lips that celebrate his Name.
Romans 2:4
Or are you slighting all his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience? Do you not know his kindness is meant to make you repent?
Romans 15:16
as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.
Romans 15:30
Brothers, I beg of you, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, rally round me by praying to God for me;
2 Corinthians 4:1
Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
for I am controlled by the love of Christ, convinced that as One has died for all, then all have died,
2 Corinthians 5:20
So I am an envoy for Christ, God appealing by me, as it were ??be reconciled to God, I entreat you on behalf of Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:1
I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.
Ephesians 2:4-10
But, dead in trespasses as we were, God was so rich in mercy that for his great love to us
Ephesians 5:10
verifying what pleases the Lord.
Philippians 2:1-5
So by all the stimulus of Christ, by every incentive of love, by all your participation in the Spirit, by all your affectionate tenderness,
Philippians 2:17
Even if my life-blood has to be poured as a libation on the sacred sacrifice of faith you are offering to God, I rejoice, I congratulate you all ??18 and you in turn must rejoice and congratulate me.
Philippians 4:18
Your debt to me is fully paid and more than paid! I am amply supplied with what you have sent by Epaphroditus, a fragrant perfume, the sort of sacrifice that God approves and welcomes.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
as indeed is your practice towards all the brothers throughout all Macedonia. We beseech you, brothers, to excel in this more and more;
1 Thessalonians 5:12
Brothers, we beg you to respect those who are working among you, presiding over you in the Lord and maintaining discipline;
1 Timothy 2:3
it is good to pray thus, it is acceptable to our Saviour,
Hebrews 10:20-22
by the fresh, living way which he has inaugurated for us through the veil (that is, through his flesh),
Hebrews 13:22
I appeal to you, brothers, to bear with this appeal of mine. It is but a short letter.
1 Peter 2:20
Where is the credit in standing punishment for having done wrong? No, if you stand suffering for having done right, that is what God counts a merit.
Romans 11:30-31
Once you disobeyed God, and now you enjoy his mercy thanks to their disobedience; in the same way they at present are disobedient,