14 (A)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[a]
    and (B)perform your vows to the Most High,

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  1. Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(A) to God,
    fulfill your vows(B) to the Most High,(C)

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15 (A)Through him then let us continually offer up (B)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

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15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(A) of praise—the fruit of lips(B) that openly profess his name.

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12 I must perform my (A)vows to you, O God;
    I will (B)render thank offerings to you.

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12 I am under vows(A) to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.

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21 (A)“If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.

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21 If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it,(A) for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.(B)

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21 (A)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them (B)offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
    and (C)tell of his deeds in (D)songs of joy!

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21 Let them give thanks(A) to the Lord for his unfailing love(B)
    and his wonderful deeds(C) for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings(D)
    and tell of his works(E) with songs of joy.(F)

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12 What shall I (A)render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up (B)the cup of salvation
    and (C)call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will (D)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

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

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name(B) of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows(C) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

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(A)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (B)a spiritual house, to be (C)a holy priesthood, (D)to offer spiritual sacrifices (E)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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you also, like living stones, are being built(A) into a spiritual house[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(D)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit

Take with you words
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all iniquity;
accept (A)what is good,
    and we will pay with bulls
    (B)the vows[a] of our lips.

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  1. Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit

Take words with you
    and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
    “Forgive(A) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(B)
    that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[a](C)

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  1. Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls

11 (A)Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
    let all around him (B)bring gifts
    to him who (C)is to be feared,

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11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;(A)
    let all the neighboring lands
    bring gifts(B) to the One to be feared.

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18 (A)give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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18 give thanks in all circumstances;(A) for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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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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  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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23 The one who (A)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who (B)orders his way rightly
    I will show the (C)salvation of God!”

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23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
    and to the blameless[a] I will show my salvation.(A)

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  1. Psalm 50:23 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.

But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light.

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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