Romans 12:1-2

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A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,^(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,^(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ²Do not conform^(C) to the pattern of this world,^(D) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.^(E) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is^(F)—his good, pleasing^(G) and perfect will.

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Psalm 51:10-12

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¹⁰Create in me a pure heart,^(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(B)
¹¹Do not cast me^(C) from your presence^(D)
    or take your Holy Spirit^(E) from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation^(F)
    and grant me a willing spirit,^(G) to sustain me.^(H)

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Colossians 3:10-12

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¹⁰and have put on the new self,^(A) which is being renewed^(B) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.^(C) ¹¹Here there is no Gentile or Jew,^(D) circumcised or uncircumcised,^(E) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,^(F) but Christ is all,^(G) and is in all.

¹²Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves^(H) with compassion, kindness, humility,^(I) gentleness and patience.^(J)

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Revelation 21:4

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⁴‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(A) There will be no more death’^[a]^(B) or mourning or crying or pain,^(C) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(D)