Romans 12:18

12:18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people. ¹ 

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 8:18

8:18 For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared ⁴  to the glory that will be revealed to us.

Mark 14:8

14:8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

Mark 14:2

14:2 For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ⁵ 

Colossians 1:12

1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share ⁶  in the saints’ ⁷  inheritance in the light.

¹ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.

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

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 tn Grk “are not worthy [to be compared].”

⁵ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him. The verb were trying is imperfect. It suggests, in this context, that they were always considering the opportunities.

⁶ tn BDAG 473 s.v. ἱκανόω states, “τινὰ εἴς τι someone for someth. Col 1:12.” The point of the text is that God has qualified the saints for a “share” or “portion” in the inheritance of the saints.

⁷ tn Grk “the inheritance of the saints.” The genitive noun τῶν ἁγίων (twn Jagiwn) is a possessive genitive: “the saints’ inheritance.”