Romans 12:1

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Romans 12:1

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Summary

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Beseech

By the

That ye

Hebrews 10:22

A living

Acceptable

General references

Psalm 116:12

Bible References

Beseech

But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;

Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion.

We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.

But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:

But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, when present am mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,

But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you.

By the

or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,

For as indeed ye also once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of these;

What shall I render unto Jehovah, for all his benefits toward me?

For which cause I say to thee, Her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves little.

Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.

For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;

but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,

If then there be any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,

who once were not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.

That ye

Neither yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God.

Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death.

let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water.

A living

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;

Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips.

Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our passover, Christ, has been sacrificed;

Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

But if also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all.

the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of the lips confessing his name.

yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Acceptable

And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.

To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

proving what is agreeable to the Lord;

But I have all things in full supply and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odour of sweet savour, an acceptable sacrifice, agreeable to God.

for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,

but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

General references

And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah, before the entrance of the tent of meeting.

one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;

And on the second day, ye shall present twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;

What shall I render unto Jehovah, for all his benefits toward me?