Verse 1

I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Jeg beseirer dere derfor, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere skal bringe kroppene deres som en levende og hellig offergave, akseptabel for Gud, som er deres rimelige tjeneste.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Jeg ber dere altså, mine brødre, ved Guds barmhjertigheter, om at dere må fremlegge deres legemer som et levende, hellig og velbehagelig offer til Gud, som er deres fornuftige tilbedelse.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg ber dere derfor, søstre og brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, om at dere skal fremstille kroppene deres som et levende offer, hellig og velbehagelig for Gud, som er deres rimelige tjeneste.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor oppfordrer jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, til å fremstille kroppene deres som et levende, hellig og Gud-velbehagelig offer, som er deres fornuftige gudstjeneste.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Så formaner jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere fremstiller deres legemer som et levende offer, hellig, velbehagelig for Gud, som er deres fornuftige tjeneste.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Derfor oppfordrer jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, til å fremstille kroppene deres som et levende, hellig og Gud til behagelig offer, deres fornuftige tilbedelse.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor ber jeg dere, søsken, ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere fremstiller kroppene deres som et levende offer, hellig og Gud velbehagelig, som er deres fornuftige tjeneste.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor ber jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, om å overgi deres kropper som et levende offer, hellig og behagelig for Gud; dette er deres fornuftige tilbedelse.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Derfor formaner jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere bærer fram deres legemer som et levende offer, hellig, Gud til behag; dette er deres åndelige gudstjeneste.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Derfor formaner jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere bærer fram deres legemer som et levende offer, hellig, Gud til behag; dette er deres åndelige gudstjeneste.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg formaner dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, til å fremstille deres kropper som et levende, hellig og Gud velbehagelig offer, som er deres åndelige gudstjeneste.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Derfor, kjære brødre, ber jeg dere ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere framstiller kroppene deres som et levende offer, hellig og velbehagelig for Gud. Dette er deres åndelige tilbedelse.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor formaner jeg eder, Brødre! ved Guds Barmhjertighed, at I fremstille eders Legemer som et levende, helligt og Gud velbehageligt Offer, (hvilket er) eders fornuftige Gudsdyrkelse;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg ber dere derfor, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere fremstiller kroppene deres som et levende offer, hellig og velbehagelig for Gud. Dette er deres åndelige gudstjeneste.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  I implore you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor oppfordrer jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, til å fremstille kroppene deres som et levende offer, hellig og Gud til behag, som er deres åndelige tjeneste.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg ber dere derfor, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, om å gi deres kropper som et levende offer—hellig og velbehagelig for Gud—dette er deres fornuftige tjeneste.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg ber dere derfor, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, om å fremstille kroppene deres som et levende offer, hellig og velbehagelig for Gud, som er deres åndelige tjeneste.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Derfor ber jeg dere, brødre, ved Guds barmhjertighet, at dere gir kroppen deres som et levende offer, hellig og godt for Gud, noe som er den rette gudstjenesten for dere.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I beseche you therfore brethre by ye mercyfulnes of God that ye make youre bodyes aquicke sacrifise holy and acceptable vnto God which is youre resonable seruynge of god.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I beseke you brethre by the mercyfulnesse of God, that ye geue ouer youre bodies for a sacrifice, yt is quycke holy, and acceptable vnto God, which is yor reasonable seruynge off God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruing of God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I beseche you therfore brethren, by the mercifulnesse of God, that ye geue vp your bodyes a quicke sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, whiche is your reasonable seruice:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Consecration of the Believer’s Life Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice– alive, holy, and pleasing to God– which is your reasonable service.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• Rom 6:13 : 13 Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
• Rom 6:19 : 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
• Heb 13:15-16 : 15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
• Eph 4:1 : 1 Therefore, I, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
• 1 Pet 2:10-12 : 10 Once, you were not a people, but now you are God's people. Once, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
• Ps 19:14 : 14 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
• Ps 116:12 : 12 What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?
• Rom 6:16 : 16 Do you not know that if you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
• 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
• Titus 3:4-8 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for all people.
• 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, just as you received instructions from us on how you ought to live and please God, that you would excel even more.
• Rom 15:30 : 30 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.
• Ps 69:30-31 : 30 But I am afflicted and in pain; your salvation, O God, will set me up on high. 31 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
• Ps 50:13-14 : 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
• Eph 2:4-9 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved. 6 And He raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 7 So that in the coming ages He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.
• 1 Cor 6:13-20 : 13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 God has both raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. 15 Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who is humble when present among you but bold when absent.
• Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
• Phil 4:18 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
• Isa 56:7 : 7 'I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.'
• Jer 6:20 : 20 What use is frankincense brought from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices do not please me.
• Heb 10:20-22 : 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, 21 and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
• 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.
• Phil 2:1-5 : 1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any tenderness and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being united in spirit, and intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus:
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins.
• Rom 9:23 : 23 And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—
• Eph 5:10 : 10 Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
• 1 Thess 4:10 : 10 And indeed you are doing this toward all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel even more.
• 1 Thess 5:12 : 12 Now we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord, and who instruct you.
• 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.
• 1 Tim 5:4 : 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
• Phil 1:20 : 20 My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
• Rom 11:30-31 : 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.
• Rom 15:16 : 16 To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Heb 13:22 : 22 I urge you, brothers, to bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
• Luke 7:47 : 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, as her great love has shown. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.'