12 What shall I (A)render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?

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12 What shall I return to the Lord
    for all his goodness(A) to me?

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(A)Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and (B)forget not all his benefits,

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Praise the Lord,(A) my soul,
    and forget not(B) all his benefits—

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20 (A)for you were bought with a price. (B)So glorify God in your body.

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20 you were bought at a price.(A) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(B)

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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]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:1 Or brothers and sisters
  2. Romans 12:1 Or your rational service

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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14 For the love of Christ (A)controls us, because we have concluded this: that (B)one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, (C)that those who live might no longer live for themselves but (D)for him who for their sake died and was raised.

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14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(B) but for him who died for them(C) and was raised again.

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25 But Hezekiah (A)did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for (B)his heart was proud. Therefore (C)wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.

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25 But Hezekiah’s heart was proud(A) and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord’s wrath(B) was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

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And I said: “Woe is me! (A)For I am lost; (B)for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the (C)King, the Lord of hosts!”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he (D)touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for (E)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

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“Woe(A) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(B) For I am a man of unclean lips,(C) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(D) and my eyes have seen(E) the King,(F) the Lord Almighty.”(G)

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal(H) in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips;(I) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.(J)

Then I heard the voice(K) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?(L) And who will go for us?(M)

And I said, “Here am I.(N) Send me!”

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12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and uphold me with a willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
    and sinners will (A)return to you.
14 Deliver me from (B)bloodguiltiness, O God,
    O (C)God of my salvation,
    and (D)my tongue will sing aloud of your (E)righteousness.

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12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation(A)
    and grant me a willing spirit,(B) to sustain me.(C)

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,(D)
    so that sinners(E) will turn back to you.(F)
14 Deliver me(G) from the guilt of bloodshed,(H) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,(I)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.(J)

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