Romans 12:1
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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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- Romans 12:1 urge
- Romans 12:1 rational
1 Peter 2:5
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5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Romans 6:13
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13 And do not present your (A)members as [a]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but (B)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
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- Romans 6:13 Or weapons
Romans 6:19
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19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness [a]for holiness.
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- Romans 6:19 unto sanctification
Hebrews 13:15-16
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15 (A)Therefore by Him let us continually offer (B)the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of our lips, [a]giving thanks to His name. 16 (D)But do not forget to do good and to share, for (E)with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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- Hebrews 13:15 Lit. confessing
Ephesians 4:1
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Walk in Unity
4 I, therefore, the prisoner [a]of the Lord, [b]beseech you to (A)walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
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- Ephesians 4:1 Lit. in
- Ephesians 4:1 exhort, encourage
Romans 12:2
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2 And (A)do not be conformed to this world, but (B)be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may (C)prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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Psalm 19:14
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14 (A)Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my [a]strength and my (B)Redeemer.
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- Psalm 19:14 Lit. rock
1 Peter 2:10-12
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10 (A)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
Living Before the World
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (B)which war against the soul, 12 (C)having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, (D)they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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Romans 6:16
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16 Do you not know that (A)to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
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2 Corinthians 4:16
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Seeing the Invisible
16 Therefore we (A)do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is (B)being renewed day by day.
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Psalm 116:12
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12 What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
1 Corinthians 6:13-20
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13 (A)Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for (B)sexual immorality but (C)for the Lord, (D)and the Lord for the body. 14 And (E)God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up (F)by His power.
15 Do you not know that (G)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For (H)“the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17 (I)But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 (J)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins (K)against his own body. 19 Or (L)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, (M)and you are not your own? 20 For (N)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.
Titus 3:4-8
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4 But when (A)the kindness and the love of (B)God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 (C)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (D)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 (E)whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace (F)we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8 (G)This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
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1 Corinthians 5:7-8
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7 Therefore [a]purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed (A)Christ, our (B)Passover, was sacrificed [b]for us. 8 Therefore (C)let us keep the feast, (D)not with old leaven, nor (E)with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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- 1 Corinthians 5:7 clean out
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 NU omits for us
1 Thessalonians 4:1
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Plea for Purity
4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus (A)that you should abound more and more, (B)just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;
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Ephesians 2:4-10
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4 But God, (A)who is rich in mercy, because of His (B)great love with which He loved us, 5 (C)even when we were dead in trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together (E)in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in (F)His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 (G)For by grace you have been saved (H)through faith, and that not of yourselves; (I)it is the gift of God, 9 not of (J)works, lest anyone should (K)boast. 10 For we are (L)His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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Philippians 2:17
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17 Yes, and if (A)I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice (B)and service of your faith, (C)I am glad and rejoice with you all.
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Hebrews 10:20-22
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20 by a new and (A)living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us (B)draw near with a true heart (C)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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2 Corinthians 5:20
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20 Now then, we are (A)ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that (A)if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, (B)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
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Philippians 2:1-5
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Unity Through Humility
2 Therefore if there is any [a]consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any (A)affection and mercy, 2 (B)fulfill my joy (C)by being like-minded, having the same love, being of (D)one accord, of one mind. 3 (E)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but (F)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 (G)Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of (H)others.
The Humbled and Exalted Christ
5 (I)Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
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- Philippians 2:1 Or encouragement
1 Corinthians 1:10
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Sectarianism Is Sin
10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that you all [a]speak the same thing, and that there be no [b]divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:10 Have a uniform testimony
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 schisms or dissensions
Psalm 69:30-31
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30 (A)I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
31 (B)This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.
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