Colossians 3:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ Whatever task you must do, work as if your soul depends on it, as for the Lord and not for humans,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as [something done] for the Lord and not for men,

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

Common English Bible

²³ Whatever you do, do it from the heart for the Lord and not for people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Whatsoever you do, do it from the heart, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Colossians 3:23 Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:21

And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, to seek his God, he did with all his heart, and he prospered.

Psalm 103:1

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.

Psalm 119:145

With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord. I will keep your statutes.

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart but only in pretense, says the Lord.

Matthew 6:16

“And whenever you fast, do not look somber, like the hypocrites, for they mark their faces to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Romans 14:6

Those who observe the day, observe it for the Lord. Also those who eat, eat for the Lord, since they give thanks to God, while those who abstain, abstain for the Lord and give thanks to God.

Romans 14:8

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.

1 Peter 2:13

For the Lord’s sake be subject to every human authority, whether to the emperor as supreme

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.