who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises,

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints;