12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, 1 by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God 2 – which is your reasonable service. 12:2 Do not be conformed 3 to this present world, 4 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve 5 what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
1:8 First of all, 6 I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
3:28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, 7 “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel 8 and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring 9 the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than 10 serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!
3:1 11 King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden 12 statue made. 13 It was ninety feet 14 tall and nine feet 15 wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, 16 whether things on earth or things in heaven.