1 I BEG you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, pleasing to God \'97 your rational worship.
2 Do not follow the fashions of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your minds so as to recognize what is the good and pleasing and perfect will of God.
17 So if any one is in Christ he is a new creature. The old things have passed away, they have become new.
6 Do not worry, but in everything by prayer and entreaty with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7 And the peace of God which passes all understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt becomes flat, with what can it be salted? It is good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.
29 Let no vile word come out of your mouth, but, if anything, a good word for needed upbuilding of character to give grace to those who hear.
15 Be earnest in presenting yourself to God as a tested man, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, rightly handling the message of truth.
20 I have been crucified with Christ. I am living, yet no longer I, but Christ is living in me. The life that I am now living in flesh I am living by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
16 Therefore we are not downhearted, but even if our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our momentary and light distress is working out for us a far surpassing and eternal weight of glory
18 while we contemplate not the things that are seen, but the things unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things unseen are eternal.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness: