Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.

总要察验何为主所喜悦的事。

总要察验什么是主所喜悦的事。

总要察验什么是主所喜悦的事。

你们要察验什么是主所喜悦的事，

你们要察验什么是主所喜悦的。

要分辨什么是主所喜悦的事。

總要察驗何為主所喜悅的事。

總要察驗甚麼是主所喜悅的事。

總要察驗甚麼是主所喜悅的事。

你們要察驗什麼是主所喜悅的事，

你們要察驗甚麼是主所喜悅的。

你們要察驗甚麼是主所喜歡的；

要分辨什麼是主所喜悅的事。

宜審主之所悅、

以明主所悅、

當察何者為主所悅之事、

亦在隨時體察何以求悅主心而已。

and find out what pleases the Lord.

Find out what pleases the Lord.

and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

testing what is pleasing to the Lord.

as you try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

proving what is well- pleasing unto the Lord;

discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice— the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.

Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.

And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.

For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

This is good and pleases God our Savior,

If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too.

but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good.

But if she has children or grandchildren, their first responsibility is to show godliness at home and repay their parents by taking care of them. This is something that pleases God.

At the moment I have all I need— and more! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God.

The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.

There’s no use offering me sweet frankincense from Sheba. Keep your fragrant calamus imported from distant lands! I will not accept your burnt offerings. Your sacrifices have no pleasing aroma for me.”

David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before.“ I can’t go in these,” he protested to Saul.“ I’m not used to them.” So David took them off again.

You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending in the wind. You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord?