Romans 12:1

I appeal to you, therefore, Achim b'Moshiach, through the rachamei Hashem (mercies of G-d), to present your geviyah, + 12:1 Gn 47:18 all of your being, as a korban chai (living sacrifice), kadosh (holy) and acceptable to Hashem, + 12:1 Gn 8:21 which is your spiritual avodas kodesh service.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Stop allowing yourself to be conformed to the Olam Hazeh, but be transformed by your hitkhadshut (regeneration, renewal) of your mind, so that you may ascertain what is the ratzon Hashem (the will of G-d), what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of G-d.

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Cross References

Psalms 19:14Keep back Thy eved also from presumptuous sins; 1 let them not have dominion over me; 1 then shall I be upright, 1 and I shall be innocent from the peysha rav (great transgression). 1

Psalms 69:30But I am ani (poor) and in pain; 1 let Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation), O Elohim, set me up on high. 1

Isaiah 56:7Even them will I bring to My Har Kodesh, 1 and make them have simcha in My Bais Tefillah; 1 their olot and their zevakhim 1 shall be accepted upon Mine Mizbe'ach; 1 for Mine Bais shall be called 1 Bais Tefillah l'khol HaAmim (House of Prayer for All Nations). 1

Hosea 14:2O Yisroel, return unto Hashem Eloheicha; 1 for thy downfall hast been thine avon (iniquity). 1

Romans 2:4Or do you think lightly of the wealth of his nedivut (generosity) and of his chesed and of his being ERECH APAYIM (slow of anger, forbearing) + 2:4 Ex 34:6 and of his savlanut (patience), disregarding the fact that the Chesed Hashem (the kindness of G-d) is to lead you to teshuva? + 2:4 Ps 19:7 [8]

Romans 6:16Do you not know that when you give control of yourselves as someoneʼs avadim (slaves) to obey him, you are the avadim (slaves) of the one you obey, whether of Chet (Sin) resulting in mavet (death), or of Lishmo'a b'kol Hashem (Listening to the voice of Hashem, mishma'at, obedience) resulting in Tzedek Olamim?

Matthew Henry on Romans 12:1

The apostle, having at large cleared and confirmed the prime fundamental doctrines of Christianity, comes in the next place to press the principal duties. We mistake our religion if we look upon it only as a system of notions and a guide to speculation. No, it is a practical religion, that tends to the right ordering of the conversation. It is designed not only to inform our judgments, but to reform our hearts and lives. From the method of the apostle's writing in this, as in some other of the epistles (as from… Read the whole commentary →

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