Living Sacrifice | Romans 12:1-2

Romans 12:1–2

1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Corinthians 6:19–20 (NKJV)

19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Romans 6:8 (NKJV)

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

Leviticus 1:10 (NKJV)

10 ‘If his offering is of the flocks—of the sheep or of the goats—as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish.

Galatians 1:4 - who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age,

Ephesians 1:21 (NKJV)

21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

Romans 12:2 (NLT)

2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Romans 12:2 Philips

Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within.

1 Peter 4:4 AMP 4 In [connection with] all this, they [the unbelievers] are resentful and surprised that you do not [think like them, value their values and] run [hand in hand] with them into the same excesses of dissipation and immoral freedom, and they criticize and abuse and ridicule you and make fun of your values.