Dedicated Service

12 Therefore (A)I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to (B)present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, [a]acceptable to God, which is your [b]spiritual service of worship.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:1 Or well-pleasing
  2. Romans 12:1 Or rational

and (A)walk in love, just as Christ also (B)loved [a]you and (C)gave Himself up for us, an (D)offering and a sacrifice to God [b]as a (E)fragrant aroma.

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  1. Ephesians 5:2 One early ms reads us
  2. Ephesians 5:2 Lit for an odor of fragrance

17 But even if I am being (A)poured out as a drink offering upon (B)the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

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