Isaiah 32:8

32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;

his honorable character gives him security. ¹ 

Romans 12:13

12:13 Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

Romans 12:1

Consecration of the Believer’s Life

12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, ²  by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God ³  – which is your reasonable service.

Romans 4:9-10

4:9 Is this blessedness ⁴  then for ⁵  the circumcision ⁶  or also for ⁷  the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” ⁸  4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

[32:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”

[12:1]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[12:1]  ³ tn The participle and two adjectives “alive, holy, and pleasing to God” are taken as predicates in relation to “sacrifice,” making the exhortation more emphatic. See ExSyn 618-19.

[4:9]  ⁴ tn Or “happiness.”

[4:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ⁶ sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.

[4:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.