Living Sacrifices to God

12 I ^(A)beseech^[a] you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies ^(B)a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your ^[b]reasonable service.

¹³ but he shall wash the entrails and the legs with water. Then the priest shall bring it all and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt sacrifice, an ^(A)offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.

¹⁷ Then he shall split it at its wings, but ^(A)shall not divide it completely; and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. ^(B)It is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a ^[a]sweet aroma to the Lord.

Walk in Unity

4 I, therefore, the prisoner ^[a]of the Lord, ^[b]beseech you to ^(A)walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

Striving and Suffering for Christ

²⁷ Only ^(A)let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, ^(B)with one mind ^(C)striving together for the faith of the gospel,

^12 (A)that you would walk worthy of God ^(B)who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.