Romans 12:1-2

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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. ²And ^(C)do not be conformed to this world, but ^(D)be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may ^(E)prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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Romans 12:1 urge
Romans 12:1 rational

James 2:14-17

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Faith Without Works Is Dead^(A)

¹⁴^(B)What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? ¹⁵^(C)If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶and ^(D)one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? ¹⁷Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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1 John 2:15-17

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Do Not Love the World

¹⁵^(A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. ^(B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, ^(C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. ¹⁷And ^(D)the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

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1 John 4:7-11

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Knowing God Through Love^(A)

⁷^(B)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who ^(C)loves is born of God and knows God. ⁸He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. ⁹^(D)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten ^(E)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. ¹⁰In this is love, ^(F)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son ^(G)to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹Beloved, ^(H)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.