Rom.12.1

Romans 12:1

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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Living Sacrifices

Cross References

Deuteronomy 14:2

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For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Clean and Unclean Animals

Psalm 50:14

KJV GOD

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

The Mighty One Calls

A Psalm of Asaph.

Romans 6:13

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Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Romans 6:16

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Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

The Wages of Sin

Romans 15:16

KJV Holy Spirit

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

1 Corinthians 1:10

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Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Unity in the Church

1 Corinthians 6:20

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For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

The Temple of the Holy Spirit

2 Corinthians 10:1

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Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

Paul’s Apostolic Authority

Ephesians 4:1

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I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Unity in the Body

Philemon 1:9

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Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus

Philemon 1:10

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I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus

Hebrews 13:15

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By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Sacrifice, Obedience, and Prayer

1 Peter 2:5

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Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

The Living Stone and Chosen People

As Living Stones

1 Peter 2:11

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Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;