# I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present "Fellow believers, because of the great mercy that God has given you I very much want you to present" # to present your bodies a living sacrifice "to offer yourselves completely to God while you are alive as if you were a dead sacrifice on a temple altar" # holy, acceptable to God "a sacrifice that you give to God alone and that pleases him" or "acceptable to God because it is morally pure" # This is your reasonable service "This is the right way to worship God"