Colossians 3:23 - Revised Standard Version CI

²³ Whatever your task, work heartily, as serving the Lord and not men,

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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.

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, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and 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 thee; let me not wander from thy commandments!

Psalm 119:145

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

Psalm 119:34

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

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it 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 in pretense, says the Lord.”

Matthew 6:16

“And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Romans 14:6

He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives 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

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

1 Peter 2:13

Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God's will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.