Study it in the app“I urge you then, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice living, holy, pleasing to God, which is your rational worship.”
Paul asks us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice: that is our worshipPraise and worshipOffer your life to God and renew your mindPurposeOffer your body as a living sacrifice and renew your mindPurityPaul links giving yourself to God and renewing your mind with finding his willGod guides
I urgeΠαρακαλῶyouὑμᾶςthen,οὖνbrothers,ἀδελφοίbyδιὰthe merciesτῶν οἰκτιρμῶνof God,τοῦ θεοῦto presentπαραστῆσαιyour bodiesτὰ σώματα ὑμῶνasa sacrificeθυσίανliving,ζῶσανholy,ἁγίανpleasingεὐάρεστονto God,τῷ θεῷwhich isyourὑμῶνrationalλογικὴνworship.τὴν λατρείαν
urge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “Parakalō” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appearscompassion, mercy
Compassion, mercy: pity that comes from the heart.
Where else “oiktirmōn” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearspresent
To set someone or something before God or another.
Where else “parastēsai” appearsbody
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmata” appearsoffering of self
What one gives to God: one's life, one's praise.
Where else “thysian” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōsan” appearsholy place
Places and things set apart for God.
Where else “hagian” appearspleasing, acceptable
Pleasing, acceptable: what pleases someone.
Where else “euareston” appearsrational
Thoughtful and understood, done with the whole mind.
Where else “logikēn” appearsworship, service
Worship, the service offered to God.
Where else “latreian” appears“Rational” can also be understood as “spiritual” or “reasonable.”
1 · This verse (above)
2And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may discern what the will of God is: what is good and pleasing and complete.
1. What it says
What does Paul ask in vv. 1-2, and what does he say about the mind?
2. What it means
What does it mean to you not to be conformed to this age but to be transformed by the renewal of the mind? (v. 2)
3. How I live it
Paul says: "If possible, as far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people" (v. 18). With whom can you take a step toward peace?
