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Romans 12:1–3

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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.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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From verse 1

  1. 1 Peter 2:5Rank 1 from verse 1
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    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  2. Romans 6:13Rank 2 from verse 1
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    13Neither 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.

  3. Hebrews 13:15–16Rank 3 from verse 1
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    15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

    16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

  4. Romans 6:19Rank 4 from verse 1
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    19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

  5. Ephesians 4:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

  6. Romans 12:2Rank 6 from verse 1
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    2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

  7. Psalms 19:14Rank 7 from verse 1
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    14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

  8. 1 Peter 2:10–12Rank 8 from verse 1
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    10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

    11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  9. Romans 6:16Rank 9 from verse 1
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    16Know 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?

  10. Psalms 116:12Rank 10 from verse 1
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    12What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?

  11. 2 Corinthians 4:16Rank 11 from verse 1
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    16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

  12. 1 Corinthians 6:13–20Rank 12 from verse 1
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    13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

    14And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

    15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

    16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

    17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

    18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

    19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

    20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

  13. Titus 3:4–8Rank 13 from verse 1
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    4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

    6Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

    7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

    8This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

  14. 1 Corinthians 5:7–8Rank 14 from verse 1
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    7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

    8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

  15. 1 Thessalonians 4:1Rank 15 from verse 1
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

  16. 2 Corinthians 5:14–15Rank 16 from verse 1
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    14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

    15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  17. Ephesians 2:4–10Rank 17 from verse 1
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    4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

    6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

    7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  18. 2 Corinthians 5:20Rank 18 from verse 1
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    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

  19. Hebrews 10:20–22Rank 19 from verse 1
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    20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

    21And having an high priest over the house of God;

    22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

  20. Ephesians 5:10Rank 20 from verse 1
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    10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

  21. Isaiah 56:7Rank 21 from verse 1
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    7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

  22. Philippians 2:17Rank 22 from verse 1
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    17Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

  23. Psalms 69:30–31Rank 23 from verse 1
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    30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

    31This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

  24. 1 Corinthians 1:10Rank 24 from verse 1
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    10Now 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.

  25. Romans 11:30–31Rank 25 from verse 1
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    30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

    31Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

  26. Romans 2:4Rank 26 from verse 1
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    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  27. 1 Peter 2:20Rank 27 from verse 1
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    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  28. Philippians 4:18Rank 28 from verse 1
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    18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

  29. Romans 15:30Rank 29 from verse 1
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    30Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

  30. 2 Corinthians 6:1Rank 30 from verse 1
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    1WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

  31. Philippians 1:20Rank 31 from verse 1
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    20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

  32. Romans 15:16Rank 32 from verse 1
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    16That 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.

  33. Jeremiah 6:20Rank 33 from verse 1
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    20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

  34. Philippians 2:1–5Rank 34 from verse 1
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    1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

    2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

    4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  35. Psalms 50:13–14Rank 35 from verse 1
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    13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

    14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

  36. 1 Timothy 2:3Rank 36 from verse 1
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    3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

  37. Luke 7:47Rank 37 from verse 1
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    47Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

  38. 1 Thessalonians 5:12Rank 38 from verse 1
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    12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

  39. 1 Timothy 5:4Rank 39 from verse 1
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    4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

  40. 2 Corinthians 4:1Rank 40 from verse 1
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    1THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

  41. Hebrews 13:22Rank 41 from verse 1
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    22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

  42. Romans 9:23Rank 42 from verse 1
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    23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

  43. 1 Thessalonians 4:10Rank 43 from verse 1
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    10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

  44. Hosea 14:2Rank 44 from verse 1
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    2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

  45. 2 Corinthians 10:1Rank 45 from verse 1
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    1NOW 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:

From verse 2

  1. 1 Peter 1:14Rank 1 from verse 2
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    14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

  2. Ephesians 4:22–24Rank 2 from verse 2
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    22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

    23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

    24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  3. 2 Corinthians 5:17Rank 3 from verse 2
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    17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

  4. Colossians 3:10Rank 4 from verse 2
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    10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

  5. 1 John 2:15–17Rank 5 from verse 2
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

    17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  6. Ephesians 5:17Rank 6 from verse 2
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    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

  7. Ezekiel 36:26Rank 7 from verse 2
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    26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

  8. 1 Peter 4:2Rank 8 from verse 2
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    2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  9. Romans 12:1Rank 9 from verse 2
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    1I 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.

  10. John 15:19Rank 10 from verse 2
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    19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  11. Psalms 51:10Rank 11 from verse 2
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    10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  12. Romans 13:14Rank 12 from verse 2
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    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  13. Titus 3:5Rank 13 from verse 2
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    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  14. James 4:4Rank 14 from verse 2
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    4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  15. 2 Corinthians 4:4Rank 15 from verse 2
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    4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

  16. Proverbs 3:1–4Rank 16 from verse 2
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    1MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

    2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

    3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

    4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  17. Ephesians 4:17–20Rank 17 from verse 2
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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

    18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

    19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

    20But ye have not so learned Christ;

  18. John 17:14Rank 18 from verse 2
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    14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  19. Colossians 1:21–22Rank 19 from verse 2
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    21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

    22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

  20. Galatians 5:22–23Rank 20 from verse 2
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

    23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

  21. Psalms 19:7–11Rank 21 from verse 2
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    7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

    8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

    9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

    11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  22. 2 Peter 1:4Rank 22 from verse 2
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    4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

  23. James 1:27Rank 23 from verse 2
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    27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

  24. Psalms 34:8Rank 24 from verse 2
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    8O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

  25. 1 John 4:4–5Rank 25 from verse 2
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    4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

    5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

  26. Ezekiel 18:31Rank 26 from verse 2
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    31¶ Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  27. Ephesians 5:9–10Rank 27 from verse 2
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    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

    10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

  28. 1 John 3:13Rank 28 from verse 2
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    13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

  29. 1 Thessalonians 4:3Rank 29 from verse 2
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    3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

  30. 2 Timothy 3:16–17Rank 30 from verse 2
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    16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

    17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

  31. Ephesians 1:18Rank 31 from verse 2
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    18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  32. 1 John 5:19Rank 32 from verse 2
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    19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

  33. Proverbs 3:13–18Rank 33 from verse 2
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    13¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

    14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

    15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

  34. Psalms 119:174Rank 34 from verse 2
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

  35. 2 Peter 2:20Rank 35 from verse 2
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    20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

  36. 2 Corinthians 6:14–17Rank 36 from verse 2
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    14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

    15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

    16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  37. Ephesians 2:2Rank 37 from verse 2
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    2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

  38. Romans 7:22Rank 38 from verse 2
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    22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

  39. Galatians 1:4Rank 39 from verse 2
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    4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

  40. Psalms 119:128Rank 40 from verse 2
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    128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

  41. 1 Corinthians 3:19Rank 41 from verse 2
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

  42. Psalms 119:103Rank 42 from verse 2
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  43. Psalms 119:97Rank 43 from verse 2
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    97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

  44. Exodus 23:2Rank 44 from verse 2
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    2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

  45. Leviticus 18:29–30Rank 45 from verse 2
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    29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

    30Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.

  46. Psalms 119:47–48Rank 46 from verse 2
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    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

    48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

  47. Psalms 119:72Rank 47 from verse 2
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    72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

  48. 1 Peter 2:3Rank 48 from verse 2
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    3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

  49. John 7:7Rank 49 from verse 2
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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  50. Romans 7:12Rank 50 from verse 2
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    12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

  51. Colossians 4:12Rank 51 from verse 2
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    12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

  52. Deuteronomy 18:9–14Rank 52 from verse 2
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    9¶ When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

    10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

    11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

    12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

    13Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

    14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

  53. Revelation 13:8Rank 53 from verse 2
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    8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  54. 1 Peter 1:18Rank 54 from verse 2
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    18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

  55. John 14:30Rank 55 from verse 2
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    30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

  56. Revelation 12:9Rank 56 from verse 2
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    9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  57. Romans 7:14Rank 57 from verse 2
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

From verse 3

  1. Galatians 6:3Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

  2. Philippians 2:3–8Rank 2 from verse 3
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    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

    4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

    6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

    7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

    8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

  3. Proverbs 26:12Rank 3 from verse 3
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    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  4. 1 Peter 5:5Rank 4 from verse 3
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    5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  5. Romans 12:16Rank 5 from verse 3
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    16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

  6. Ecclesiastes 7:16Rank 6 from verse 3
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    16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

  7. 1 Peter 5:8Rank 7 from verse 3
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  8. James 4:6Rank 8 from verse 3
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    6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

  9. 1 Peter 4:11Rank 9 from verse 3
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    11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  10. 1 Peter 4:7Rank 10 from verse 3
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    7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

  11. Proverbs 16:18–19Rank 11 from verse 3
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    18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

    19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

  12. Micah 6:8Rank 12 from verse 3
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  13. 1 Corinthians 7:17Rank 13 from verse 3
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    17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

  14. Ephesians 4:7–13Rank 14 from verse 3
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    7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

    8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

    9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

    10He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

    11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

    12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

    13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

  15. Titus 2:12Rank 15 from verse 3
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    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  16. Titus 2:2Rank 16 from verse 3
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    2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

  17. Romans 12:6–8Rank 17 from verse 3
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    6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

    7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

    8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

  18. Matthew 18:1–4Rank 18 from verse 3
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    1AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

    2And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

    3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

    4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

  19. 2 Corinthians 12:7Rank 19 from verse 3
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    7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

  20. 1 Corinthians 12:7–11Rank 20 from verse 3
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    7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

    8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

    9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

    10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

    11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

  21. 1 Peter 1:13Rank 21 from verse 3
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    13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

  22. Romans 11:20Rank 22 from verse 3
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    20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

  23. Titus 2:4Rank 23 from verse 3
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    4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

  24. Romans 1:5Rank 24 from verse 3
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    5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

  25. 1 Corinthians 15:10Rank 25 from verse 3
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  26. John 3:34Rank 26 from verse 3
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    34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

  27. 1 Corinthians 4:7–8Rank 27 from verse 3
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    7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

    8Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

  28. Ephesians 3:7–8Rank 28 from verse 3
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    7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

    8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  29. Ephesians 4:16Rank 29 from verse 3
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    16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

  30. Luke 18:11Rank 30 from verse 3
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    11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

  31. Titus 2:6Rank 31 from verse 3
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    6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

  32. 1 Corinthians 3:10Rank 32 from verse 3
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    10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

  33. 1 Timothy 1:14Rank 33 from verse 3
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    14And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  34. 1 Timothy 2:15Rank 34 from verse 3
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    15Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

  35. 1 Timothy 2:9Rank 35 from verse 3
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    9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

  36. Ephesians 3:4Rank 36 from verse 3
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    4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

  37. Proverbs 25:27Rank 37 from verse 3
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    27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

  38. Romans 11:25Rank 38 from verse 3
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    25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

  39. 2 Corinthians 12:13Rank 39 from verse 3
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    13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

  40. 3 John 1:9Rank 40 from verse 3
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    9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

  41. Colossians 1:29Rank 41 from verse 3
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    29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

  42. Colossians 2:13Rank 42 from verse 3
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    13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

  43. Ephesians 3:2Rank 43 from verse 3
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    2If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

  44. Galatians 2:8–9Rank 44 from verse 3
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    8(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

    9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

  45. Romans 15:15–16Rank 45 from verse 3
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    15Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

    16That 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.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 12:1

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

present

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Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sacrifice

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Sense 1: An offering presented to God or to a false god, or the thing so offered. Sense 2: To present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

service

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Work, duty, ministry, worship, attendance, military obligation, or servitude performed for another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 12:2

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

renewing

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of renew, meaning to make new again; to restore, re-establish, revive, strengthen, or begin again.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mind

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Sense 1: The inward faculty and activity of understanding, thought, memory, attention, judgment, intention, purpose, desire, disposition, resolve, or consent; what one thinks, wills, regards, or sets attention upon. Sense 2: To mind is to attend to, regard, remember, purpose, or be disposed toward something.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

perfect

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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 12:3

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

grace

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Sense 1: Favor, acceptance, goodwill, kindness, or mercy. Sense 2: A favor, gift, benefit, or help freely bestowed, especially God's favor and enabling help; in salvation, explicitly contrasted with works and debt. Sense 3: Pleasing quality, beauty, attractiveness, or elegance, including gracious speech. Sense 4: Thankfulness or gratitude.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

think

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1. To form or hold a thought. 2. To judge or suppose. 3. To intend. 4. To consider or remember. 5. To imagine or esteem.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

highly

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In a high degree; greatly, honourably, or at an elevated rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

dealt

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To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

measure

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Sense 1: A standard or instrument for determining amount or size; an amount so determined. Sense 2: To determine, allot, or proportion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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12:1I 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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12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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12:3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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12:4For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

12:5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

12:6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

12:7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

12:8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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