Romans 12:1
I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;
1 Peter 2:5
and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:13
neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;
Romans 6:16
have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Romans 6:19
In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness -- to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness -- to sanctification,
Ephesians 4:1
Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,
Psalm 19:14
Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!
1 Corinthians 1:10
And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,
2 Corinthians 10:1
And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ -- who in presence, indeed am humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,
Psalm 50:13-14
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
Luke 7:47
therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'
Romans 9:23
and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --
Romans 12:2
and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,
1 Corinthians 6:13-20
the meats are for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body is not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
2 Corinthians 4:16
wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
1 Timothy 5:4
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
Titus 3:4-8
and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear
Hebrews 13:15-16
through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;
1 Peter 2:10-12
who were once not a people, and are now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.
Psalm 69:30-31
I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,
Psalm 116:12
What do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits are upon me.
Isaiah 56:7
I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices Are for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, 'A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.
Jeremiah 6:20
Why is this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings are not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: 'Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.
Romans 2:4
or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? -- not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!
Romans 15:16
for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:30
And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,
2 Corinthians 4:1
Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,
2 Corinthians 5:20
in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'
2 Corinthians 6:1
And working together also we call upon you that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --
Ephesians 2:4-10
and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Ephesians 5:10
proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,
Philippians 1:20
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,
Philippians 2:1-5
If, then, any exhortation is in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Philippians 2:17
but if also I am poured forth upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and joy with you all,
Philippians 4:18
and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:
1 Thessalonians 4:1
As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,
1 Thessalonians 4:10
for ye do it also to all the brethren who are in all Macedonia; and we call upon you, brethren, to abound still more,
1 Thessalonians 5:12
And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,
1 Timothy 2:3
for this is right and acceptable before God our Saviour,
Hebrews 10:20-22
which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh --
Hebrews 13:22
And I entreat you, brethren, suffer the word of the exhortation, for also through few words I have written to you.
1 Peter 2:20
for what renown is it, if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure it? but if, doing good and suffering for it, ye do endure, this is gracious with God,
Romans 11:30-31
for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these: