accident that in Greek one and the same noun (charis) does duty for both ‘grace’ and ‘gratitude’ ” (Bruce, p. 213). The reason that offering oneself to God is both reasonable and spiritual is based partly on the meaning of logikos and partly on Paul’s context. Logikos derives from logos, the Greek term for word or reason. But Paul is also drawing a contrast here between the physical sacrifices of the Old Testament and the spiritual sacrifice of the New Testament. The spiritual act of worship which