Rom 12:1, 2Cor 12:5, 7, 9-10 | ISV | STEP | Dedicate Your Lives to God I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.

Romans 12:1

1 Dedicate Your Lives to GodI therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship. ^{▼▼Lit. to God, your reasonable worship}Ps 50:13-14; Rom 6:13, 16, 19; Rom 6:13, 16, 19, 1Cor 6:13, 20; 2Cor 10:1; Heb 10:20; 1Pet 2:5

2 Corinthians 12:5

5 I will boast about this man, but as for myself I will boast only about my weaknesses.2Cor 11:30

2 Corinthians 12:7

7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn ^{▼▼Or stake} was given to me and placed in my body. ^{▼▼Lit. was given to me in the flesh} It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.Job 2:7; Ezek 28:24; Luke 13:16; Gal 4:13-14

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

9 but he has told me, “My grace is all you need, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.2Cor 11:30; 1Pet 4:14 10 That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.Rom 5:3; 2Cor 7:4; 13:4