Psalms 107:22

107:22 Let them present thank offerings,

and loudly proclaim what he has done! ¹ 

Mark 12:33

12:33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength ²  and to love your neighbor as yourself ³  is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Romans 12:1

Consecration of the Believer’s Life

12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, ⁴  by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God ⁵  – which is your reasonable service.

Philippians 4:18

4:18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:16

13:16 And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, ⁶  for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Hebrews 13:1

Final Exhortations

13:1 Brotherly love must continue.

Hebrews 2:5

Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity

2:5 For he did not put the world to come, ⁷  about which we are speaking, ⁸  under the control of angels.

[107:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and let them proclaim his works with a ringing cry.”

[12:33]  ² sn A quotation from Deut 6:5.

[12:33]  ³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[12:1]  ⁵ 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.

[13:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “neglect doing good and fellowship.”

[2:5]  ⁷ sn The phrase the world to come means “the coming inhabited earth,” using the Greek term which describes the world of people and their civilizations.

[2:5]  ⁸ sn See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6.