Romans 12:1-2

A Living and Holy Sacrifice

Therefore ^aI exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to ^bpresent your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your ¹spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not ^abe conformed to ^bthis ¹world, but be transformed by the ^crenewing of your mind, so that you may ^dapprove what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and ²perfect.