Ephesians 5:10
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10 and (A)try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
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Romans 12:1-2
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A Living Sacrifice
12 (A)I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, (B)to present your bodies (C)as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b] 2 (D)Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by (E)the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may (F)discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
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- Romans 12:1 Or brothers and sisters
- Romans 12:1 Or your rational service
- Romans 12:2 Greek age
- Romans 12:2 Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God
Hebrews 12:28
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28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (A)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (B)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
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Psalm 19:14
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14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my (A)rock and my (B)redeemer.
1 Peter 2:20
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20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But (A)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 but (A)test everything; hold fast what is good.
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1 Timothy 2:3
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3 This is good, and (A)it is pleasing in the sight of (B)God our Savior,
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Philippians 1:10
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10 so that you may approve what is excellent, (A)and so be pure and blameless (B)for the day of Christ,
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Romans 14:18
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18 Whoever thus serves Christ is (A)acceptable to God and approved by men.
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
1 Timothy 5:4
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4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn (A)to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for (B)this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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Jeremiah 6:20
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20 (A)What use to me is (B)frankincense that comes from (C)Sheba,
or sweet cane from a distant land?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
Philippians 4:18
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18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, (A)having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, (B)a fragrant offering, (C)a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
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1 Samuel 17:39
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39 and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off.
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Isaiah 58:5
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5 (A)Is such the fast that I choose,
(B)a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
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