Dedicated Service

12 Therefore ^(A)I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to ^(B)present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, ^[a]acceptable to God, which is your ^[b]spiritual service of worship. ² And do not ^(C)be conformed to ^(D)this ^[c]world, but be transformed by the ^(E)renewing of your mind, so that you may ^[d](F)prove what the will of God is, that which is good and ^[e]acceptable and perfect.

¹⁹ Or ^(A)do you not know that ^(B)your body is a ^[a]temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from ^[b]God, and that ^(C)you are not your own? ²⁰ For ^(D)you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in ^(E)your body.

²⁷ but I strictly discipline ^(A)my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.