Romans:12:1

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* I beseech (note :)The fourth part of this epistle , which after the finishing of the principal points of Christian doctrine , consists in the declaring of precepts of the Christian life . And first of all he gives general precepts and grounds : the principal of which is this , that every man consecrate himself wholly to the spiritual service of God , and do as it were sacrifice himself , trusting the grace of God .(:note ) you therefore , brethren , By this preface he shows that God 's glory is the utmost goal of everything we do . by the mercies of God , that ye In times past the sacrifices were presented before the altar : but now the altar is everywhere . present your Yourselves : in times past other bodies besides our own , but now our own must be offered . bodies a In times past , dead sacrifices were offered , but now we must offer those which have the spirit of life in them . living sacrifice , holy , acceptable unto God , [which is ] your Spiritual . reasonable service .

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