Romans 11:33-12:2

New International Reader's Version

Praise to God

³³How very rich are God’s wisdom and knowledge!
    How he judges is more than we can understand!
    The way he deals with people is more than we can know!
³⁴“Who can ever know what the Lord is thinking?
    Or who can ever give him advice?” (Isaiah 40:13)
³⁵“Has anyone ever given anything to God,
    so that God has to pay them back?” (Job 41:11)
³⁶All things come from him.
All things are directed by him.
All things are for his praise.
    May God be given the glory forever! Amen.

Living as a Holy Sacrifice to God

12 Brothers and sisters, God has shown you his mercy. So I am asking you to offer up your bodies to him while you are still alive. Your bodies are a holy sacrifice that is pleasing to God. When you offer your bodies to God, you are worshiping him in the right way. ²Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.