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

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  1. 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 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.(A)

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

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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 “If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt.(A)

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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 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.
22 And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices
    and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.(A)

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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 return to the Lord
    for all his bounty to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name of the Lord;
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.(A)

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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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like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built

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 words with you
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
    and we will offer
    the fruit[a] of our lips.(A)

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  1. 14.2 Gk Syr: Heb bulls

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 Make vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
    let all who are around him bring gifts
    to the one who is awesome,(A)

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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 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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The New Life in Christ

12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.(A)

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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 Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me;
    to those who go the right way,[a]
    I will show the salvation of God.”

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  1. 50.23 Heb who set a way

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 chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)

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  1. 2.9 Gk a people for his possession

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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