Romans 12:1 Cross References

Romans 12:1

1: And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?

1 Peter 2:5

  1. And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:13

  1. Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning. Instead, give yourselves completely to God since you have been given new life. And use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God.

Romans 6:19

  1. I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of righteousness so that you will become holy.

Hebrews 13:15

  1. With Jesus' help, let us continually offer our sacrifice of praise to God by proclaiming the glory of his name.
  2. Don't forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God.

Romans 12:2

  1. 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 know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

Ephesians 4:1

  1. Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.

1 Peter 2:10

  1. "Once you were not a people; now you are the people of God. Once you received none of God's mercy; now you have received his mercy."
  2. Dear brothers and sisters, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I warn you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against your very souls.
  3. Be careful how you live among your unbelieving neighbors. Even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will believe and give honor to God when he comes to judge the world.

Psalms 19:14

  1. May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

Romans 6:16

  1. Don't you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval.

2 Corinthians 4:16

  1. That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

Psalms 116:12

  1. What can I offer the LORD for all he has done for me?

1 Corinthians 6:13

  1. You say, "Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food." This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them. But our bodies were not made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.
  2. And God will raise our bodies from the dead by his marvelous power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.
  3. Don't you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which belongs to Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never!
  4. And don't you know that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, "The two are united into one."
  5. But the person who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

Titus 3:4

  1. But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
  2. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
  3. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.
  4. He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.
  5. These things I have told you are all true. I want you to insist on them so that everyone who trusts in God will be careful to do good deeds all the time. These things are good and beneficial for everyone.

1 Corinthians 5:7

  1. Remove this wicked person from among you so that you can stay pure. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
  2. So let us celebrate the festival, not by eating the old bread of wickedness and evil, but by eating the new bread of purity and truth.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

  1. Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so more and more.

2 Corinthians 5:14

  1. Whatever we do, it is because Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for everyone, we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to live.
  2. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live to please themselves. Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was raised for them.

Hebrews 10:20

  1. This is the new, life-giving way that Christ has opened up for us through the sacred curtain, by means of his death for us.
  2. And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's people,
  3. let us go right into the presence of God, with true hearts fully trusting him. For our evil consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

2 Corinthians 5:20

  1. We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!"

Ephesians 2:4

  1. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
  2. that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)
  3. For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms--all because we are one with Christ Jesus.
  4. And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus.
  5. God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

Philippians 2:17

  1. But even if my life is to be poured out like a drink offering to complete the sacrifice of your faithful service (that is, if I am to die for you), I will rejoice, and I want to share my joy with all of you.

Ephesians 5:10

  1. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.

Romans 15:16

  1. a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles. I bring you the Good News and offer you up as a fragrant sacrifice to God so that you might be pure and pleasing to him by the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 56:7

  1. I will bring them also to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

Philippians 2:1

  1. Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic?
  2. Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one heart and purpose.
  3. Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself.
  4. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.
  5. Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had.

2 Corinthians 6:1

  1. As God's partners, we beg you not to reject this marvelous message of God's great kindness.

Romans 2:4

  1. Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?

1 Corinthians 1:10

  1. Now, dear brothers and sisters, I appeal to you by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so there won't be divisions in the church. I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.

Psalms 50:13

  1. I don't need the bulls you sacrifice; I don't need the blood of goats.
  2. What I want instead is your true thanks to God; I want you to fulfill your vows to the Most High.

Psalms 69:30

  1. Then I will praise God's name with singing, and I will honor him with thanksgiving.
  2. For this will please the LORD more than sacrificing an ox or presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.

Romans 11:30

  1. Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the Jews refused his mercy, God was merciful to you instead.
  2. And now, in the same way, the Jews are the rebels, and God's mercy has come to you. But someday they, too, will share in God's mercy.

Jeremiah 6:20

  1. There is no use now in offering me sweet incense from Sheba. Keep your expensive perfumes! I cannot accept your burnt offerings. Your sacrifices have no sweet fragrance for me."

1 Peter 2:20

  1. Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing right and are patient beneath the blows, God is pleased with you.

Philippians 4:18

  1. At the moment I have all I need--more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable to God and pleases him.

Philippians 1:20

  1. For I live in eager expectation and hope that I will never do anything that causes me shame, but that I will always be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past, and that my life will always honor Christ, whether I live or I die.

Romans 15:30

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 4:10

  1. Indeed, your love is already strong toward all the Christians in all of Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we beg you to love them more and more.

1 Timothy 5:4

  1. But if she has children or grandchildren, their first responsibility is to show godliness at home and repay their parents by taking care of them. This is something that pleases God very much.

2 Corinthians 4:1

  1. And so, since God in his mercy has given us this wonderful ministry, we never give up.

1 Timothy 2:3

  1. This is good and pleases God our Savior,

Hebrews 13:22

  1. I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, please listen carefully to what I have said in this brief letter.

Romans 9:23

  1. He also has the right to pour out the riches of his glory upon those he prepared to be the objects of his mercy--

2 Corinthians 10:1

  1. Now I, Paul, plead with you. I plead with the gentleness and kindness that Christ himself would use, even though some of you say I am bold in my letters but timid in person.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord's work. They work hard among you and warn you against all that is wrong.

Hosea 14:2

  1. Bring your petitions, and return to the LORD. Say to him, "Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you the sacrifice of praise.

Luke 7:47

  1. I tell you, her sins--and they are many--have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love."
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