Romans
Romans 12:1
1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.a
Footnotes
- a 12:1 Or your reasonable service
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | οὖν | oun | Conjunction | G3767 therefore, then |
| I urge | Παρακαλῶ | Parakalō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G3870 I summon, entreat, admonish, comfort |
| you | ὑμᾶς | hymas | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| brothers | ἀδελφοί | adelphoi | Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural | G80 a brother |
| on account of | διὰ | dia | Preposition | G1223 through, on account of |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| mercy | οἰκτιρμῶν | oiktirmōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3628 pity, compassion |
| to offer | παραστῆσαι | parastēsai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G3936 I bring, present, come up to and stand by |
| your | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| bodies | σώματα | sōmata | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G4983 body, flesh |
| living | ζῶσαν | zōsan | Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2198 I live |
| sacrifices | θυσίαν | thysian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2378 a sacrifice |
| holy | ἁγίαν | hagian | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G40 set apart, holy, sacred |
| pleasing | εὐάρεστον | euareston | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2101 acceptable, well-pleasing |
| to God | Θεῷ | Theō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| which is | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| your | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| spiritual | λογικὴν | logikēn | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3050 reasonable, rational, metaphorical |
| service of worship | λατρείαν | latreian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2999 service, worship |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Peter 2:5 · Romans 6:13 · Romans 6:19 · Hebrews 13:15–16 · Ephesians 4:1 · Romans 12:2 · Psalm 19:14 · 1 Peter 2:10–12 · Romans 6:16 · Psalm 116:12 · 2 Corinthians 4:16 · 1 Corinthians 6:13–20
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.