11 This is a faithful saying:

For (A)if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.

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11 (A)The statement is trustworthy:

For (B)if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;

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11 This is a faithful and trustworthy saying:

If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;

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11 Here is a trustworthy saying:(A)

If we died with him,
    we will also live with him;(B)

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11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:1 urge
  2. Romans 12:1 rational

Dedicated Service

12 Therefore (A)I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to (B)present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, [a]acceptable to God, which is your [b]spiritual service of worship.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:1 Or pleasing
  2. Romans 12:1 I.e., in contrast to offering a literal sacrifice

Dedicated Service

12 [a]Therefore I urge you, [b]brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:1 Paul now begins outlining for the believer the practical application of the theological truths taught in chs 1-11.
  2. Romans 12:1 Lit brethren.

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

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12 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.

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10 (A)always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, (B)that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live (C)are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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10 (A)always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that (B)the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who live are constantly being handed over to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

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10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body. 11 For we who live are constantly [experiencing the threat of] being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced in our mortal body [which is subject to death].

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10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,(A) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.(B) 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,(C) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

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10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

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I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

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I was once alive apart [a]from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died;

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  1. Romans 7:9 Or from law

I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].(A)

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Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

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