Romans 12:1

So, I-am-calling-aside you, brothers, through of{the compassions} of{the God}, to-stand-aside the bodies of{you} [a] holy, well-pleasing[adjective], being-alive sacrifice to{the God}, the word/reckon/account-ful/logical employ-ia of{you},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

2and do_not_be-being-decorum-effect-ized/scheme-ized-together to{the eon, the-same}; contrariwise, be-being-transformed to{the up/anew-new-sis[i.e. state of becoming new anew]/renewal} of{the mind/thinking} of{you} into the you to-be-esteem-izing/evaluating what the will-effect of{the God} [is], the beneficial and well-pleasing[adjective] and accomplished[adjective],

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Cross References

Romans 2:4or of{the riches} of{the benevolence} of{same} and of{the hold-up[i.e. holding back]} also of{the far-[furious]desire-ia[i.e. longsuffering]} you-are-disregarding, without-knowing that the benevolent of{the God} is-leading you into change-of-mind/thinking.

Romans 6:16You-have_not_beheld that to{which} you-are-standing-aside sameselves slaves, you-are-being slaves into hearken-under[noun][?] To{which} you-are-hearkening-under may-be-being-to-which of{sin} into death or of{hearken-under[noun]} into justice-ness.

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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