Living stones offer spiritual sacrifices

[tonychanyt]

NIV, Romans 12:

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Berean Literal Bible:

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy to God, well-pleasing, which is your reasonable service.

English Standard Version:

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Strong's Greek: 3050. λογικός (logikos) — 2 Occurrences

BDAG:

being carefully thought through, thoughtful λογικὴ λατρεία a thoughtful service (in a dedicated spiritual sense) Ro 12:1

In the OT, Israelites took living animals, killed them, and offered them as sacrifices to God. In contrast, Paul urged believers to offer their bodies as a living sacrifice, which was a true, proper, logical, and spiritual way to worship God. We are set apart to live holy lives, pleasing to God.

Peter echoed this in 1P 2:

5 You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Strong's Greek: 4152. πνευματικός (pneumatikos) — 26 Occurrences

BDAG:
① pert. to spirit as inner life of a human being, spiritual ② having to do with the (divine) spirit

We are living stones set apart to live holy lives to build up the body of Christ. We are the living stones; we are the sacrifices. This is our logical/spiritual service.