Romans 12:1

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν, ἁγίαν, εὐάρεστον τῷ Θεῷ, τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

I parakalō therefore you, adelphoi, through the oiktirmōn of the Theos, to parastēsai the sōmata of you thysian zōsan, hagian, euareston to the Theō, the logikēn latreia of you.

Grammar Details

• *parakalō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I urge/beseech/exhort
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers/brethren
• *oiktirmōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of mercies/compassions
• *Theos*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *parastēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to present/offer
• *sōmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - bodies
• *thysian*: accusative, feminine, singular - sacrifice
• *zōsan*: accusative, feminine, singular, present participle - living
• *hagian*: accusative, feminine, singular - holy
• *euareston*: accusative, feminine, singular - well-pleasing/acceptable
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - to God
• *logikēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - reasonable/rational/spiritual
• *latreia*: accusative, feminine, singular - service/worship

Word Meanings

• *parakalō*: urge/exhort/beseech/encourage/comfort
• *oiktirmōn*: mercies/compassions/tender mercies
• *parastēsai*: present/offer/yield/provide
• *logikēn*: reasonable/rational/spiritual/of the word
• *latreia*: service/worship/ministry/divine service

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 And ye also as lyuynge stones are made a spirituall house, and an holy presthode, to offre vp spirituall sacrifices, acceptable vnto God by Iesus Christ.
• Rom 6:13 : 13 ether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes, but geue ouer youre selues vnto God, as they that off deed are become lyuynge, and youre membres vnto God to be wapes off righteousnes.
• Rom 6:19 : 19 I wil speake grosly, because of the weaknes of youre flesh. Like as ye haue geuen ouer youre membres to the seruyce of vnclennesse, from one wickednesse to another: Eue so now also geue ouer youre membres to the seruyce of righteousnesse, that they maye be holy.
• Heb 13:15-16 : 15 Let vs therfore by him offre allwayes vnto God the sacrifice of prayse: that is to saye, the frute of those lippes which confesse his name. 16 To do good and to destribute forget not, for wt soch sacrifices God is pleased.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 And fashion not youre selues like vnto this worlde, but be chaunged thorow the renewynge off yor mynde, yt ye maye proue, what thinge that good, yt acceptable, & perfecte wil of God is.
• Eph 4:1 : 1 I therfore which am presoner in the LORDE, exhorte you, that ye walke as it becometh yor callinge wherin ye are called,
• 1 Pet 2:10-12 : 10 Euen you which in tyme past were not a people, but now are the people of God: which were not vnder mercy, but now haue optayned mercy. 11 Dearly beloued, I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems, absteyne fro the fleshly lustes, which fighte agaynst the soule, 12 and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen, that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, maye se youre good workes, and prayse God in the daye of visitacion.
• Ps 19:14 : 14 Yee the wordes of my mouth & the meditacio of my herte shalbe acceptable vnto the, o LORDE, my helper and my redemer.
• Ps 116:12 : 12 What rewarde shal I geue vnto ye LORDE, for all the benefites yt he hath done vnto me?
• Rom 6:16 : 16 Knowe ye not, that loke vnto who ye geue ouer youre selues as seruauntes to obeye, his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of synne vnto death, or of obediece vnto righteousnes?
• 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Therfore are we not weery, but though or outwarde man be corrupte, yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye.
• Titus 3:4-8 : 4 But after that ye kyndnesse and loue of God oure Sauioure to man warde appeared, 5 not for ye dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte, but after his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth, and renuynge of the holy goost, 6 which he shed on vs abundauntly, thorow Iesus Christ oure Sauioure: 7 yt we beynge made righteous by his grace, shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope. 8 This is a true sayege. Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest speake earnestly, that they which are become beleuers in God, might be diligent to excell in good workes: for these thinges are good and profitable vnto me.
• 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Pourge out therfore the olde leuen, that ye maye be new dowe, like as ye are swete bred. For we also haue an Easter lambe, which is Christ, that is offred for vs. 8 Wherfore let vs kepe Easter, not in ye olde leuen, ner in the leuen of maliciousnes, and wickednes, but in the swete bred of purenesse and of the trueth.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We as helpers therfore exhorte you, that ye receaue not ye grace of God in vayne.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Fvrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus, that ye increace more and more, euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God.
• Rom 15:30 : 30 I beseke you brethren thorow oure LORDE Iesu Christ, and thorow the loue of the sprete, yt ye helpe me in my busynes with youre prayers vnto God for me,
• Ps 69:30-31 : 30 As for me, I am poore & in heuynesse, let thy helpe defende me, o God. 31 That I maye prayse ye name of God with a songe, & magnifie it with thankesgeuynge.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despysest thou the riches of his goodnesse, pacience, and loge sufferinge? Knowest thou not, that ye louynge kyndnesse of God leadeth the to repentaunce?
• Ps 50:13-14 : 13 Thynkest thou, that I wil eate the flesh of oxen, or drynke the bloude of goates? 14 Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge, and paye thy vowes vnto the most hyest.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 But I beseke you brethre thorow the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that ye all speake one thinge, and let there be no discension amonge you, but that ye be perfecte in one meanynge.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now the are we messaungers in the rowme of Christ, euen as though God exhorted by vs. We beseke you now therfore in Christes steade, that ye be at one with God:
• Eph 2:4-9 : 4 But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs 5 eue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued) 6 and hath raysed vs vp with him, and set vs with him in heauely thinges thorow Christ Iesus, 7 yt in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace, in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu. 8 For by grace are ye saued thorow faith, and that not of youre selues, For it is ye gifte of God, 9 not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe. 10 For we are his workmanshippe, created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes, to ye which God ordeyned vs before, that we shulde walke in them.
• 1 Cor 6:13-20 : 13 Meates are ordeyned for ye bely, & the bely for meates. But God shal destroye both it and them. The body belongeth not vnto whordome, but vnto the LORDE, and the LORDE vnto the body 14 God hath raysed vp the LORDE, and shal rayse vs vp also by his power. 15 Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the mebres of Christ? Shal I now take the membres of Christ, and make them the membres of an harlot? God forbyd. 16 Or do ye not knowe, that he which cleueth vnto an harlot, is one body? For they shalbe two ( sayeth he) in one flesshe. 17 But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE, is one sprete. 18 Fle whordome. All synnes yt a man doth, are without the body. But he that commytteth whordome, synneth agaynst his awne body. 19 Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost? Whom ye haue of God, and are not youre awne? 20 For ye are dearly boughte. Prayse ye God therfore in yor body & in yor sprete, which are Gods.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge, that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed. 15 And therfore dyed he for all, that they which lyue, shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto him, which dyed for them and rose agayne.
• 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 I Paul my selfe beseke you by the mekenesse and softnesse off Christ, which when I am present amonge you, am of small reputacion, but am bolde towarde you beynge absent.
• Phil 2:17 : 17 Yee and though I be offred vp vpo the offerynge & sacrifice of youre faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all:
• Phil 4:18 : 18 For I haue all, and haue plentye. I was euen fylled wha I receaued of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odoure of swetenes, a sacrifice accepted & pleasaunt vnto God.
• Isa 56:7 : 7 Them wil I bringe to my holy moutayne, & make the ioyfull in my house of prayer. Their burntoffringes and sacrifices shalbe accepted vpo myne aulter. for my house shalbe an house of prayer for all people.
• Jer 6:20 : 20 Wherfore bringe ye me incense from Saba, & swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees? Youre burnt offeringes displease me, and I reioyse not in youre sacrifices.
• Heb 10:20-22 : 20 by the bloude of Iesu (which he hath prepared vnto vs for a new and lyuynge waye, thorow the vayle, that is to saye, by his flesh) 21 and seynge also that we haue an hye prest ouer the house of God, 22 let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith, sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience, and washed in oure bodies with pure water:
• 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what prayse is it, yf wha ye be buffeted for yor fautes, ye take it paciently? But yf whan ye do well, ye suffre wronge, and take it paciently, that is grace with God.
• Phil 2:1-5 : 1 Yf there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ, yf there be eny comforte of loue, yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete, yf there be eny compassion and mercy, 2 fulfyll my ioye, that ye drawe one waye, hauynge one loue, beynge of one accorde, and of one mynde: 3 that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe: 4 and let euery ma loke not for his awne profet, but for the profet of other. 5 Let the same mynde be in you, that was in Christ Iesu:
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Take these wordes with you, when ye turne to the LORDE, & saye vnto him: O forgeue vs all oure synnes, receaue vs graciously, & then wil we offre ye bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the.
• Rom 9:23 : 23 that he mighte declare the riches off his glorye on ye vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared vnto glorye,
• Eph 5:10 : 10 and prone what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE,
• 1 Thess 4:10 : 10 yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethre, which are thorow out all Macedonia. But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more,
• 1 Thess 5:12 : 12 We beseke you brethren, that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersighte of you in the LORDE,
• 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure,
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therfore seynge we haue soch an office (euen as mercy is come vpon vs) we faynte not,
• 1 Tim 5:4 : 4 Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves, let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly, and to recompence their elders. For yt is good & acceptable before God.
• Phil 1:20 : 20 as I loke for and hope, that in nothinge I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all cofidence (as allwayes in tymes past, eue so now) Christ shalbe magnified in my body whether it be thorow life or thorow death.
• Rom 11:30-31 : 30 For likewyse as ye also in tyme passed haue not beleued, but now haue optayned mercy thorow their vnbeleue: 31 Euen so now haue they not beleued on the mercy which his happened vnto you, that they also maye optayne mercy.
• Rom 15:16 : 16 that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu Christ amonge the Heythen, to declare the gospell of God, that the Heythen mighte be an acceptable offerynge vnto God, sanctified by the holy goost.
• Heb 13:22 : 22 I beseke you brethren, suffre the worde of exhortacion, for I haue wrytten vnto you in few wordes.
• Luke 7:47 : 47 Therfore I saye vnto the: Many synnes are forgeuen her, for she hath loued moch. But vnto whom lesse is forgeuen, the same loueth the lesse.