A Living Sacrifice

1 ^zI appeal to you therefore, brothers,¹ by the mercies of God, ^ato present your bodies ^bas a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.²

31 So, whether you eat or drink, or ^uwhatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

2 On ^fthe first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, ^gas he may prosper, ^hso that there will be no collecting when I come.

14 For the love of Christ ^dcontrols us, because we have concluded this: that ^eone has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, ^fthat those who live might no longer live for themselves but ^gfor him who for their sake died and was raised.

The Cheerful Giver

6 The point is this: ^vwhoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully¹ will also reap bountifully.

10 For ^zGod is not unjust so as to overlook ^ayour work and the love that you have shown for his name in ^bserving the saints, as you still do.