Romans 12:1
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.
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Study Note
The great exhortatory hinge of Romans — 'I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship' — grounds all ethical imperatives in the prior indicative of 'the mercies of God' elaborated in chapters 1-11. The 'living sacrifice' is a paradox: Jewish sacrificial animals were slaughtered, but Christian 'sacrifice' consists in lives offered in their living, daily reality. The word 'worship' (latreia) is the technical term for priestly temple service, applied here to all believers in their ordinary lives, democratizing and de-localizing the concept of worship. The verse is central to Reformed and evangelical ethical theology because it ties sanctification to justification rather than opposing them.
ترجمات أخرى
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
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